CVE-2017-7669: Apache Hadoop privilege escalation Severity: Critical
Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation Versions affected: Hadoop 2.8.0, Hadoop 3.0.0-alpha1 and Hadoop 3.0.0-alpha2 Description: The LinuxContainerExecutor runs docker commands as root with insufficient input validation. When the docker feature is enabled, authenticated users can run commands as root Mitigation: Users of Apache Hadoop 2.8.0 should leave Docker functionality disabled until Hadoop 2.8.1 is released. Users of Apache Hadoop 3.0.0-alpha1 and Hadoop 3.0.0-alpha2 should upgrade to Hadoop 3.0.0-alpha3 or later. Credit: This issue was discovered by Allen Wittenauer. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@hadoop.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@hadoop.apache.org
