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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-15712

Vulnerability allows a user of Apache Oozie 3.1.3-incubating to 4.3.0 and 5.0.0-beta1 to expose private files on the Oozie server process. The malicious user can construct a workflow XML file containing XML directives and configuration that reference sensitive files on the Oozie server host.

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CVE-2017-15712

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Feb 2018, 14:29 UTC

Vulnerability allows a user of Apache Oozie 3.1.3-incubating to 4.3.0 and 5.0.0-beta1 to expose private files on the Oozie server process. The malicious user can construct a workflow XML file containing XML directives and configuration that reference sensitive files on the Oozie server host.

osv:CVE-2017-15712
Complete source record
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