SB2024112164 - Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack in Red Hat OpenStack 17.1



SB2024112164 - Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack in Red Hat OpenStack 17.1

Published: November 21, 2024

Security Bulletin ID SB2024112164
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8007)

CWE-ID: CWE-300 - Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint ('Man-in-the-Middle')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists within the openstack-tripleo-common component, which may allow an attacker to deploy compromised container images via disabling TLS certificate verification for registry mirrors. A remote attacker can perform a man-in-the-middle (MitM) attack and bypass implemented security restrictions.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.