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Konstantin Shvachko updated MAPREDUCE-1991:
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Priority: Major (was: Blocker)
Unblocking as MAPREDUCE-2767 removed LinuxTaskController.
> taskcontroller allows stealing permissions on any local file
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> Key: MAPREDUCE-1991
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAPREDUCE-1991
> Project: Hadoop Map/Reduce
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: task-controller
> Affects Versions: 0.22.0
> Reporter: Todd Lipcon
> Assignee: Todd Lipcon
> Fix For: 0.22.0
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> Attachments: mapreduce-1991-v2.txt, mapreduce-1991.txt
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> The linux task-controller setuid binary allows a malicious user to chmod any
> file on the system to 644 (and as a side effect appends some junk to the end)
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