Bug 1890161 (CVE-2018-11764)

Summary:	CVE-2018-11764 hadoop: privilege escalation in web endpoint
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz <gsuckevi>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
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Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	aileenc, aos-bugs, bibryam, bmontgom, btofel, chazlett, drieden, eparis, ganandan, ggaughan, gmalinko, hbraun, janstey, jburrell, jochrist, jokerman, jolee, jschatte, jstastny, jwon, nstielau, pantinor, pjindal, sd-operator-metering, sponnaga, vhalbert
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	Apache Hadoop 3.0.1	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in Apache Hadoop, where the Web endpoint authentication check is broken. This flaw allows authenticated users to impersonate any user even if no proxy user is configured.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Blocks:	1890162

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2020-10-21 14:42:43 UTC

A flaw was found in Apache Hadoop. Web endpoint authentication check is broken. Authenticated users may impersonate any user even if no proxy user is configured.

Reference:
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/10/21/1

Comment 1 Jason Shepherd 2020-10-22 04:53:36 UTC

OpenShift is using Hadoop 3.1.1 which is not affected by this issue.

Comment 5 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-10-23 14:21:15 UTC

This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-11764