Improper Authentication in Cloud Foundry Foundation products - CVE-2016-6659
Published: July 10, 2019 / Updated: July 11, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19130
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6659
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Cloud Foundry Foundation
Affected software:
Cloud Foundry UAA
Cloud Foundry
Bosh Release for the UAA
Cloud Foundry UAA
Cloud Foundry
Bosh Release for the UAA
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication process.
The vulnerability exists due to improper authentication. A remote attacker can gain privileges by accessing UAA logs and subsequently running a specially crafted application that interacts with a configured SAML provider.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-6659
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://www.cloudfoundry.org/cve-2016-6659/
- https://github.com/cloudfoundry-attic/cf-release/releases/tag/v248
- https://github.com/cloudfoundry/uaa/releases/tag/3.9.3
- https://github.com/cloudfoundry/uaa/releases/tag/3.6.5
- https://github.com/cloudfoundry/uaa/releases/tag/2.7.4.12
- https://github.com/cloudfoundry/uaa-release/releases/tag/v24
- https://github.com/cloudfoundry/uaa-release/releases/tag/v13.9