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CVE-2012-4449 Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in Apache Hadoop

CriticalCVSS 9.8 EPSS 1.2%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

Apache Hadoop before 0.23.4, 1.x before 1.0.4, and 2.x before 2.0.2 generate token passwords using a 20-bit secret when Kerberos security features are enabled, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to crack secret keys via a brute-force attack.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
org.apache.hadoop/hadoop-client(Maven) < 0.23.4 0.23.4
org.apache.hadoop/hadoop-client(Maven) >= 1.0.0, < 1.0.4 1.0.4
org.apache.hadoop/hadoop-client(Maven) >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.2 2.0.2
org.apache.hadoop/hadoop-client(Maven) = 0.23.1 No fix listed
org.apache.hadoop/hadoop-client(Maven) = 0.23.3 No fix listed
org.apache.hadoop/hadoop-client(Maven) = 1.0.1 No fix listed
org.apache.hadoop/hadoop-client(Maven) = 1.0.2 No fix listed
org.apache.hadoop/hadoop-client(Maven) = 1.0.3 No fix listed
org.apache.hadoop/hadoop-client(Maven) = 2.0.1-alpha No fix listed
org.apache.hadoop/hadoop-client(Maven) = 2.0.2-alpha No fix listed
apache hadoop <= 0.23.3 No fix listed
apache hadoop = 1.0.0 No fix listed
apache hadoop = 1.0.1 No fix listed
apache hadoop = 1.0.2 No fix listed
apache hadoop = 1.0.3 No fix listed
apache hadoop = 2.0.0-alpha No fix listed
apache hadoop = 2.0.1-alpha No fix listed
apache hadoop = 2.0.2-alpha No fix listed

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