Security Bulletin: IBM InfoSphere BigInsights 4.2 is affected by Open Source vulnerabilities in Hadoop (CVE-2016-3086, CVE-2016-5001) and Solr (CVE-2017-3163)

Summary IBM InfoSphere BigInsights 4.2 is affected by Open Source vulnerabilities in Hadoop CVE-2016-3086, CVE-2016-5001 and Solr CVE-2017-3163 Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2016-3086 DESCRIPTION: Apache Hadoop could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw in...

CVE-2016-5001

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 t...

CVE-2016-5001

CVE-2016-5001 affects Apache Hadoop before 2.6.4 and 2.7.x before 2.7.2, in the HDFS short-circuit reads feature. Root cause: a flaw in the token-based access control that lets a local DataNode user craft a block token to read arbitrary files. Impact: information disclosure (unauthorized read acc...