Man-in-the-middle attack in Red Hat Satellite - CVE-2017-2667
Published: February 27, 2018 / Updated: March 27, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10760
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2667
CWE-ID: CWE-300
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
Red Hat Satellite
Red Hat Satellite
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attack.
The weakness exists in the hammer_cli command line client due to disability of SSL/TLS certificate verification by default. An adjacent attacker can use man-in-the-middle techniques to spoof a valid certificate.
The weakness exists in the hammer_cli command line client due to disability of SSL/TLS certificate verification by default. An adjacent attacker can use man-in-the-middle techniques to spoof a valid certificate.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-2667
Update to version 6.3.