Improper Certificate Validation in Pulp - CVE-2015-5263
Published: September 25, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38200
CSH Severity: High
CVSSv4.0: 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-2015-5263
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Pulp
Pulp
Software vendor:
Pulp
Pulp
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
pulp-consumer-client 2.4.0 through 2.6.3 does not check the server's TLS certificate signatures when retrieving the server's public key upon registration.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- http://cve.killedkenny.io/cve/CVE-2015-5263
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/24/4
- https://github.com/pulp/pulp/blob/aa432bf58497b5e3682333b1d5f5ae4f45788a61/client_consumer/pulp/client/consumer/cli.py#L103
- https://github.com/pulp/pulp/commit/b542d7465f7e6e02e1ea1aec059ac607a65cefe7#diff-17110211f89c042a9267e2167dedd754