SB2017011112 - Information disclosure in Red Hat Keycloak
Published: January 11, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017011112
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Timing attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2585)
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to conduct timing attacks and obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.The weakness exists due to the nonconstant time method when used for Hashed Message Authentication Code (HMAC) verification for JSON Web Signature (JWS) tokens. A remote attacker can perform a timing attack and gain access to potentially sensitive information.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.