PT-2017-8630 · Cloudera · Cloudera Manager

Published 2017-03-07 · Updated 2017-03-09 · CVE-2016-4950

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cloudera Manager versions 5.5 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to enumerate user sessions. This can be achieved by sending a request to the "api/v11/users/sessions" endpoint.

Recommendations For Cloudera Manager versions 5.5 and earlier, consider restricting access to the "api/v11/users/sessions" endpoint until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, limit the information that can be obtained through this endpoint to minimize the risk of session enumeration. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-4950

Affected Products

Cloudera Manager

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4950 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4950 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93879 · Note
• http://2016.hack.lu/archive/2016/Wavestone%20-%20Hack.lu%202016%20-%20Hadoop%20safari%20-%20Hunting%20for%20vulnerabilities%20-%20v1.0.pdf · Note