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Apache Hadoop allows impersonation of arbitrary cluster user accounts

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 29, 2023

Package

maven org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-main (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 0.23, < 0.23.2
>= 1.0, < 1.0.2

Patched versions

0.23.2
1.0.2

Description

The Kerberos/MapReduce security functionality in Apache Hadoop 0.20.203.0 through 0.20.205.0, 0.23.x before 0.23.2, and 1.0.x before 1.0.2, as used in Cloudera CDH CDH3u0 through CDH3u2, Cloudera hadoop-0.20-sbin before 0.20.2+923.197, and other products, allows remote authenticated users to impersonate arbitrary cluster user accounts via unspecified vectors.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 12, 2012
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Reviewed Aug 29, 2023
Last updated Aug 29, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(52nd percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Authentication

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2012-1574

GHSA ID

GHSA-c6f9-4pmv-m7m6

Source code

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