CVE-2016-5001
lowpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.007 · 53 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-23
This 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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–5.5
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affected products (9)
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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-8r28-r8cp-g6cpExposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Apache Hadoop2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
This 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.
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references (9)
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- http://hadoop.apache.org/Patchcnnvd
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/698cnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94950cnnvd
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/698enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94950enisa_euvd
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r66de86b9a608c1da70b2d27d765c11ec88edf6e5dd6f379ab33e072a%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3Eenisa_euvd
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/698Mailing ListThird Party Advisorynvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94950Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
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