CVE-2017-3161
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation in Apache Hadoop
6.1
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 5.8%
Description
The HDFS web UI in Apache Hadoop before 2.7.0 is vulnerable to a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack through an unescaped query parameter.
How to fix CVE-2017-3161
To remediate CVE-2017-3161, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Maven/org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-client—upgrade to 2.7.0 or later
Is CVE-2017-3161 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 5.8%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.7.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
References (5)
- ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3161
- WEBlists.apache.org/thread.html/r127f75748fcabc63bc5a1bec6885753eb9b2bed803b6ed7bd46f965b@%3Cuser.hadoop.apache.org%3E
- WEBlists.apache.org/thread.html/r66de86b9a608c1da70b2d27d765c11ec88edf6e5dd6f379ab33e072a@%3Cuser.flink.apache.org%3E
- WEBs.apache.org/4MQm