Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack in openstack-tripleo-common (Red Hat package) - CVE-2024-8007

 

Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack in openstack-tripleo-common (Red Hat package) - CVE-2024-8007

Published: November 21, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU100769
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-8007
CWE-ID: CWE-300
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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.


Affected software

openstack-tripleo-common (Red Hat package)
python-tripleoclient (Red Hat package)
Red Hat OpenStack

How to mitigate CVE-2024-8007

Install updates from vendor's website.

openstack-tripleo-common (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 15.4.1-17.1.20240911093743.e5b18f2.el8ost, 15.4.1-17.1.20240911100820.e5b18f2.el9ost
python-tripleoclient (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 16.5.1-17.1.20240913093745.f3599d0.el8ost, 16.5.1-17.1.20240913100806.f3599d0.el9ost
Red Hat OpenStack - update to 17.1.4

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