What is CVE-2014-3627?

CVE-2014-3627 is a vulnerability in Apache Hadoop, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. Published 2014-12-05.

Is CVE-2014-3627 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Apache Hadoop

CVE-2014-3627

The YARN NodeManager daemon in Apache Hadoop 0.23.0 through 0.23.11 and 2.x before 2.5.2, when using Kerberos authentication, allows remote cluster users to change the permissions of certain files to world-readable via a symlink attack in a public tar archive, which is not properly handled during localization, related to distributed cache.

EPSS: 0.030 (86.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Apache Hadoop — versions 0.23.0, 0.23.1, 0.23.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

Public proof-of-concept exploits

andir/nixos-issue-db-example

References

secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-3627?: CVE-2014-3627 is a vulnerability in Apache Hadoop, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. Published 2014-12-05.
Is CVE-2014-3627 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.