Bug 1890161 (CVE-2018-11764) - CVE-2018-11764 hadoop: privilege escalation in web endpoint
Summary: CVE-2018-11764 hadoop: privilege escalation in web endpoint
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2018-11764
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 1890162
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Reported: 2020-10-21 14:42 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2020-10-28 12:52 UTC (History)
26 users (show)

Fixed In Version: Apache Hadoop 3.0.1
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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.
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Last Closed: 2020-10-23 14:21:15 UTC
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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
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