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Security Bulletin: Execution Engine for Apache Hadoop is vulnerable to denial of service, buffer overflow and allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges

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Summary

glibc, gnutls, gnupg are used by Execution Engine for Apache Hadoop in all the components. CVE-2023-0687, CVE-2023-4911, CVE-2021-3998, CVE-2023-5156, CVE-2023-4527, CVE-2023-4813, CVE-2022-3515, CVE-2024-28835, CVE-2024-28834

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2023-0687
DESCRIPTION:   GNU C Library (glibc) is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the function __monstartup of the file gmon.c of the component Call Graph Monitor. By sending an overly long argument, a remote authenticated attacker from within the local network could exploit this vulnerability to overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 4.6
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/246582 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-4911
DESCRIPTION:   glibc could allow a local authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by a buffer overflow in the dynamic loader's processing of the GLIBC_TUNABLES environment variable. By sending overly long data, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain root privileges on the system.
CVSS Base score: 7.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/267581 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2021-3998
DESCRIPTION:   GNU glibc could allow a local authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by an unexpected return value flaw in the realpath() function. By execute a specially-crafted program, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information from the buffer, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 6.2
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/217980 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-5156
DESCRIPTION:   GNU C Library (glibc) is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a memory leak in getaddrinfo.c. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 3.7
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/267194 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-4527
DESCRIPTION:   glibc is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the getaddrinfo function. By sending a DNS response over TCP larger than 2048 bytes, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer, allowing an attacker to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/266261 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2023-4813
DESCRIPTION:   glibc is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a use-after-free flaw in the gaih_inet function. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.9
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/265904 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2022-3515
DESCRIPTION:   GnuPG Libksba could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system, caused by an integer overflow in the CRL parser. By sending a specially-crafted data, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code on the system.
CVSS Base score: 9.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/239062 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2024-28835
DESCRIPTION:   GnuTLS is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw during chain building/verification. By using a specially crafted .pem bundle using the "certtool --verify-chain" command, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/286143 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

CVEID:   CVE-2024-28834
DESCRIPTION:   GnuTLS could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a flaw in the ECDSA code. By utilize Minerva attack techniques, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain private key information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/286142 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s) Version(s)
Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data - Execution Engine for Apache Hadoop 5.0

Remediation/Fixes

Product(s) Version(s) Remediation
Watson Studio on Cloud Pak for Data - Execution Engine for Apache Hadoop 5.0

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Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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Acknowledgement

Change History

10 Feb 2025: Initial Publication

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
14 April 2025

UID

ibm17182953