CVE-2021-33036

Summary

CVECVE-2021-33036
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-06-15 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-27 16:30:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Apache Hadoop 2.2.0 to 2.10.1, 3.0.0-alpha1 to 3.1.4, 3.2.0 to 3.2.2, and 3.3.0 to 3.3.1, a user who can escalate to yarn user can possibly run arbitrary commands as root user. Users should upgrade to Apache Hadoop 2.10.2, 3.2.3, 3.3.2 or higher.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Hadoop All All All All
Application Apache Hadoop 3.0.0 alpha1 All All
Application Apache Hadoop 3.0.0 alpha2 All All
Application Apache Hadoop 3.0.0 alpha3 All All
Application Apache Hadoop 3.0.0 alpha4 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
lists.apache.org/thread/ctr84rmo3xd2tzqcx2b277c8z692vhl5 MISC lists.apache.org
CVE-2021-33036 Apache Hadoop Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
oss-security - CVE-2021-33036: Apache Hadoop Privilege escalation vulnerability MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Apache Hadoop would like to thank Hideyuki Furue for reporting and fixing this issue.

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