CVE-2014-3627
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.030 · 87 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The YARN NodeManager daemon in Apache Hadoop 0.23.0 through 0.23.11 and 2.x before 2.5.2, when using Kerberos authentication, allows remote cluster users to change the permissions of certain files to world-readable via a symlink attack in a public tar archive, which is not properly handled during localization, related to distributed cache.
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affected products (31)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-2751IBM InfoSphere Guardium: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2018-12-13csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM InfoSphere Guardium ausnutzen, um dadurch die Integrität, Vertraulichkeit und Verfügbarkeit zu gefährden.
- GHSA-jpmf-8cj2-595gImproper Link Resolution Before File Access in Apache Hadoop2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
The YARN NodeManager daemon in Apache Hadoop 0.23.0 through 0.23.11 and 2.x before 2.5.2, when using Kerberos authentication, allows remote cluster users to change the permissions of certain files to world-readable via a symlink attack in a public tar archive, which is not properly handled during localization, related to distributed cache.
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references (10)
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- http://archive.apache.org/dist/hadoop/core/Patchcnnvd
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/hadoop-general/201411.mbox/%3CCALwhT97dOi04aC3VbekaB+zn2UAS_OZV2EAiP78GmjnMzfp2Ug@mail.gmail.com%3Ecnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60079cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60432cnnvd
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/hadoop-general/201411.mbox/%3CCALwhT97dOi04aC3VbekaB+zn2UAS_OZV2EAiP78GmjnMzfp2Ug%40mail.gmail.com%3Eenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60079enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60432enisa_euvd
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/hadoop-general/201411.mbox/%3CCALwhT97dOi04aC3VbekaB+zn2UAS_OZV2EAiP78GmjnMzfp2Ug%40mail.gmail.com%3Envd
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