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Vinod K V commented on MAPREDUCE-1991: -------------------------------------- bq. Is someone already working on a patch to remove the -l option, or should I grab this jira? Please take this up, Todd. I can help with review/commit. Thanks! > taskcontroller allows stealing permissions on any local file > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > Key: MAPREDUCE-1991 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MAPREDUCE-1991 > Project: Hadoop Map/Reduce > Issue Type: Bug > Components: task-controller > Affects Versions: 0.21.0, 0.22.0 > Reporter: Todd Lipcon > Priority: Blocker > > The linux task-controller setuid binary allows a malicious user to chmod any > file on the system to 644 (and as a side effect appends some junk to the end) -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.