CVE-2015-1776 (GCVE-0-2015-1776)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-19 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:54
VLAI
Summary
Apache Hadoop 2.6.x encrypts intermediate data generated by a MapReduce job and stores it along with the encryption key in a credentials file on disk when the Intermediate data encryption feature is enabled, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file.
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/hadoop-g… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83259 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2016-02-15 00:00
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