Improper access control in CloudForms - CVE-2016-5383

 

Improper access control in CloudForms - CVE-2016-5383

Published: August 26, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40134
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5383
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

The web UI in Red Hat CloudForms 4.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving "Lack of field filters."


Affected software

CloudForms
google-compute-engine (Red Hat package)
google-config (Red Hat package)
cfme (Red Hat package)
cfme-appliance (Red Hat package)
cfme-gemset (Red Hat package)

How to mitigate CVE-2016-5383

Install update from vendor's website.

google-compute-engine (Red Hat package) - update to 2.0.0-1.el7cf
google-config (Red Hat package) - update to 2.0.0-1.el7cf
cfme (Red Hat package) - update to 5.6.1.2-1.el7cf
cfme-appliance (Red Hat package) - update to 5.6.1.2-1.el7cf
cfme-gemset (Red Hat package) - update to 5.6.1.2-1.el7cf

External References

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