CVE-2017-15713: Apache Hadoop MapReduce job history server vulnerability Severity: Severe Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation Versions Affected: Hadoop 0.23.0 to 0.23.11 Hadoop 2.0.0-alpha to 2.8.2 Hadoop 3.0.0-alpha to 3.0.0-beta1 Users affected: Users running the MapReduce job history server daemon Impact: Vulnerability allows a cluster user to expose private files owned by the user running the MapReduce job history server process. The malicious user can construct a configuration file containing XML directives that reference sensitive files on the MapReduce job history server host. Mitigation: Users should upgrade to Apache Hadoop 2.7.5, 2.8.3, 2.9.0, or 3.0.0. Credit: This issue was discovered by Man Yue Mo of lgtm.com
