CVE-2014-0229

Medium

Description

Apache Hadoop 0.23.x before 0.23.11 and 2.x before 2.4.1, as used in Cloudera CDH 5.0.x before 5.0.2, do not check authorization for the (1) refreshNamenodes, (2) deleteBlockPool, and (3) shutdownDatanode HDFS admin commands, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (DataNodes shutdown) or perform unnecessary operations by issuing a command.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductApache Hadoop
PublishedMar 23, 2017
First seenMar 23, 2017

How to fix

Update
  • org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common0.23.11, 2.4.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
apache hadoop0.23.0, 0.23.1, 0.23.3, 0.23.4, 0.23.5, 0.23.6, 0.23.7, 0.23.8, 0.23.9, 0.23.10, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.0.6, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.2.0, 2.3.0, 2.4.0—
cloudera cdh5.0.0—
org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-commonMaven0.23.0 ≤ v < 0.23.11, 2.0.0 ≤ v < 2.4.10.23.11, 2.4.1

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