CVE-2021-37404 (GCVE-0-2021-37404)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-06-13 07:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 01:16
VLAI
Title
Heap buffer overflow in libhdfs native library
Summary
There is a potential heap buffer overflow in Apache Hadoop libhdfs native code. Opening a file path provided by user without validation may result in a denial of service or arbitrary code execution. Users should upgrade to Apache Hadoop 2.10.2, 3.2.3, 3.3.2 or higher.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache Hadoop Affected: 2.9.0 to 2.10.1
Affected: 3.0.0 to 3.1.4
Affected: 3.2.0 to 3.2.2
Affected: 3.3.0 to 3.3.1
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Credits
This issue was discovered by Igor Chervatyuk.
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