Details of the below vulnerability have not been released. Given that HBase security has as its foundation Apache Hadoop authentication, at this time we must assume any secure HBase deployment is equally vulnerable.
I will update you when more information is available. Best regards, - Andy Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet Hein (via Tom White) ----- Forwarded Message ----- > From: Aaron T. Myers <[email protected]> > To: [email protected]; [email protected]; > [email protected]; [email protected] > Cc: > Sent: Thursday, April 5, 2012 7:31 PM > Subject: [CVE-2012-1574] Apache Hadoop user impersonation vulnerability > > Hello, > > Users of Apache Hadoop should be aware of a security vulnerability recently > discovered, as described by the following CVE. In particular, please note > the "Users affected", "Versions affected", and > "Mitigation" sections. > > Best, > Aaron > > -- > Aaron T. Myers > Software Engineer, Cloudera > > CVE-2012-1574: Apache Hadoop user impersonation vulnerability > > Severity: Critical > > Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation > > Versions Affected: > Hadoop 0.20.203.0, 0.20.204.0, and 0.20.205.0 > Hadoop 1.0.0 to 1.0.1 > Hadoop 0.23.0 to 0.23.1. > > Users affected: Users who have enabled Hadoop's Kerberos/MapReduce security > features. > > Impact: Vulnerability allows an authenticated malicious user to impersonate > any other user on the cluster. > > Mitigation: > 0.20.20x.x and 1.0.x users should upgrade to 1.0.2 > 0.23.x users should upgrade to 0.23.2 when it becomes available > > Credit: > This issue was discovered by Aaron T. Myers of Cloudera. >
