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CVE-2016-5001 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/698 CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r66de86b9a608c1da70b2d27d765c11ec88edf6e5dd6f379ab33e072a%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94950 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/698 [email protected]Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r66de86b9a608c1da70b2d27d765c11ec88edf6e5dd6f379ab33e072a%40%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E [email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
apache hadoop
<= 2.6.3
2.7.0
2.7.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:hadoop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:hadoop:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:hadoop:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-5001
NVD Published Date:
Aug 30, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-5001 Details - Not Deferred