CVE-2016-5001

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-5001
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-08-30 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:32:00 UTC
DescriptionThis 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Hadoop 2.7.0 All All All
Application Apache Hadoop 2.7.1 All All All
Application Apache Hadoop 2.7.0 All All All
Application Apache Hadoop 2.7.1 All All All
Application Apache Hadoop All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-sec: [SECURITY] CVE-2016-5001: Apache Hadoop Information Disclosure MLIST seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Apache Hadoop CVE-2016-5001 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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