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CVE-2018-8029: Privilege escalation vulnerability in Apache Hadoop

May 31, 2019 (updated September 21, 2021)

In Apache Hadoop versions 3.0.0-alpha1 to 3.1.0, 2.9.0 to 2.9.1, and 2.2.0 to 2.8.4, a user who can escalate to yarn user can possibly run arbitrary commands as root user.

References

  • www.securityfocus.com/bid/108518
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-37pw-qw47-4jxm
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/0b8d58e02dbd0fb8bf7320c514fe58da1d6728bdc150f1ba04e0d9fc@%3Cissues.hbase.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/17084c09e6dedf60efe08028b429c92ffd28aacc28454e4fa924578a@%3Cgeneral.hadoop.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/a0164b87660223a2d491f83c88f905fe1a9fa8dc795148d9b0d968c8@%3Cdev.hbase.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/a97c53a81e639ca2fc7b8f61a4fcd1842c2a78544041244a7c624727@%3Cissues.hbase.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4dddf1705dbedfa94392913b2dad1cd2d1d89040facd389eea0b3510@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb21df54a4e39732ce653d2aa5672e36a792b59eb6717f2a06bb8d02a@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-8029
  • security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190617-0001/

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 2.2.0 before 2.8.4, all versions starting from 2.9.0 before 2.9.2, all versions starting from 3.0.0 before 3.1.1

Fixed versions

  • 2.8.4
  • 2.9.2
  • 3.1.1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 2.8.4, 2.9.2, 3.1.1 or above.

Impact 8.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Source file

maven/org.apache.hadoop/hadoop-main/CVE-2018-8029.yml

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