Security Bulletin
Summary
IBM InfoSphere BigInsights 4.2 is affected by Open Source vulnerabilities in Hadoop (CVE-2016-3086, CVE-2016-5001) and Solr (CVE-2017-3163)
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2016-3086
DESCRIPTION: Apache Hadoop could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw in the YARN NodeManager. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain the password for credential store provider.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/131544 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2016-5001
DESCRIPTION: Apache Hadoop could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw in the short-circuit reads feature. By using a specially-crafted block token, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/131248 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
CVEID: CVE-2017-3163
DESCRIPTION:
When using the Index Replication feature, Apache Solr nodes can pull index files from a master/leader node using an HTTP API which accepts a file name. However, Solr before 5.5.4 and 6.x before 6.4.1 did not validate the file name, hence it was possible to craft a special request involving path traversal, leaving any file readable to the Solr server process exposed. Solr servers protected and restricted by firewall rules and/or authentication would not be at risk since only trusted clients and users would gain direct HTTP access.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/131320 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Affected Products and Versions
|
Principal Product and Version(s) | Affected Supporting Product and Version |
| IBM BigInsights 4.2 | IBM Open Platform 4.2 |
Remediation/Fixes
Follow instructions to apply service patch on IOP cluster:
https://developer.ibm.com/hadoop/2015/12/17/iop-patch-management/
The specific patches for Red Hat versions are below:
IOP patches for RHEL 6:
http://ibm-open-platform.ibm.com/repos/IOP/rhel/6/x86_64/4.2.x/Updates/4.2.0.0_20180122/
IOP patches for RHEL 7:
http://ibm-open-platform.ibm.com/repos/IOP/rhel/7/x86_64/4.2.x/Updates/4.2.0.0_20180124/
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References
Change History
6 March 2018: Original Version Published
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Information
Modified date:
18 July 2020
UID
swg22014314