CVE-2014-3627 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access in Apache Hadoop

What is CVE-2014-3627?

CVE-2014-3627 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Dec 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3627?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client. It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Hadoop.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3627?

Upgrade org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client to a fixed version for your release line: 1.0.1 or 2.5.2.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2014-3627 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3627 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2022-25168 Command injection in org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileUtil.unTarUsingTar Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-37404 Heap buffer overflow in libhdfs native library Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-26612 Arbitrary file write in FileUtil#unpackEntries on Windows Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-17195 Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions in Connect2id Nimbus JOSE+JWT Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-15718 Exposure of Sensitive Information in Hadoop Critical 9.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-jpmf-8cj2-595g.