SB2017092505 - Improper Certificate Validation in Pulp
Published: September 25, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017092505
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper Certificate Validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5263)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
pulp-consumer-client 2.4.0 through 2.6.3 does not check the server's TLS certificate signatures when retrieving the server's public key upon registration.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://cve.killedkenny.io/cve/CVE-2015-5263
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/24/4
- https://github.com/pulp/pulp/blob/aa432bf58497b5e3682333b1d5f5ae4f45788a61/client_consumer/pulp/client/consumer/cli.py#L103
- https://github.com/pulp/pulp/commit/b542d7465f7e6e02e1ea1aec059ac607a65cefe7#diff-17110211f89c042a9267e2167dedd754