Security Bulletin
Summary
An Apache Hadoop vulnerability could affect InfoSphere Streams. Please see details below.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2020-9492
DESCRIPTION: Apache Hadoop could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by improper validation of SPNEGO authorization header. By sending a specially-crafted request, an authenticated attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges to trigger services to send server credentials to a webhdfs path for capturing the service principal.
CVSS Base score: 8.8
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/195656 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| InfoSphere Streams | 4.1.1.x |
| InfoSphere Streams | 4.2.1.x |
| InfoSphere Streams | 4.3.1.x |
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Change History
19 Apr 2021: Initial Publication
*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 Location
Worldwide
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Document Information
Modified date:
19 April 2021
UID
ibm16445133