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title: Release 2.4.1 available date: 2014-06-30

Apache Hadoop 2.4.1 is a bug-fix release for the stable 2.4.x line.

There is also a security bug fix in this minor release.

• CVE-2014-0229: Add privilege checks to HDFS admin sub-commands refreshNamenodes, deleteBlockPool and shutdownDatanode.

Users are encouraged to immediately move to 2.4.1.

Please see the Hadoop 2.4.1 Release Notes for details.