CVE-2013-2192

Severity: low (CVSS 3.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-01-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The RPC protocol implementation in Apache Hadoop 2.x before 2.0.6-alpha, 0.23.x before 0.23.9, and 1.x before 1.2.1, when the Kerberos security features are enabled, allows man-in-the-middle attackers to disable bidirectional authentication and obtain sensitive information by forcing a downgrade to simple authentication.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Hadoop: 0.23.0, 0.23.1, 0.23.3, 0.23.4, 0.23.5, 0.23.6 (+17)

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0037.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0400.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Aug/251
http://secunia.com/advisories/57915
https://www.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/csb_topic_1.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0037.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0400.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Aug/251
http://secunia.com/advisories/57915
https://www.cloudera.com/documentation/other/security-bulletins/topics/csb_topic_1.html

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