VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-5001
This is an information disclosure vulnerability in Apache Hadoop before 2.6.4 and 2.7.x before 2.7.2 in the short-circuit reads feature of HDFS.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.69%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.69%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
This is an information disclosure vulnerability in Apache Hadoop before 2.6.4 and 2.7.x before 2.7.2 in the short-circuit reads feature of HDFS. A local user on an HDFS DataNode may be able to craft a block token that grants unauthorized read access to random files by guessing certain fields in the token.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.69% probability · 51th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- apache/hadoop
- Source
- security@apache.org
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/698Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94950Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r66de86b9a608c1da70b2d27d765c11ec88edf6e5dd6f379ab33e072a%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/698Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94950Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r66de86b9a608c1da70b2d27d765c11ec88edf6e5dd6f379ab33e072a%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.