[HDFS-6305] WebHdfs response decoding may throw RuntimeExceptions

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0-alpha, 3.0.0-alpha1
• Fix Version/s: 2.5.0
• Component/s: webhdfs
• Target Version/s: 2.5.0
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed
• Assignee: Daryn Sharp
• Reporter: Daryn Sharp
• Created: 29/Apr/14 20:37
• Updated: 06/Dec/17 19:12
• Resolved: 13/May/14 16:45

Description

WebHdfs does not guard against exceptions while decoding the response payload. The json parser will throw RunTime exceptions on malformed responses. The json decoding routines do not validate the expected fields are present which may cause NPEs.