Information disclosure in Foreman - CVE-2016-4995

 

Information disclosure in Foreman - CVE-2016-4995

Published: February 27, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10749
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4995
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Foreman
Affected software:
Foreman

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The weakness exists due to improper restriction of access to preview provisioning templates. A remote attacker with permissions to preview host templates can access the template preview for any host if they are able to guess the host name, and access potentially sensitive information.


How to mitigate CVE-2016-4995

Update to versions 1.11.4 or 1.12.1.

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