Security Bulletin: An Apache Hadoop vulnerability could affect InfoSphere Streams.

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

Remediation/Fixes

Apply 4.3.1 Fix Pack 5 (4.3.1.5) or higher .

Workarounds and Mitigations

None