Apache Hadoop Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2018-8029)

Apache Hadoop is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only CPE = "cpe:/a:apache:hadoop"; i...

CVE-2018-8029

In Apache Hadoop versions 3.0.0-alpha1 to 3.1.0, 2.9.0 to 2.9.1, and 2.2.0 to 2.8.4, a user who can escalate to yarn user can possibly run arbitrary commands as root user...

CVE-2018-8029

CVE-2018-8029 affects Apache Hadoop: versions 3.0.0-alpha1 through 3.1.0, 2.9.0 through 2.9.1, and 2.2.0 through 2.8.4 are vulnerable. A user who can escalate to the yarn user could potentially run arbitrary commands as root. Connected sources (IBM security bulletin, Red Hat security note, and OS...