Man-in-the-middle attack in CloudForms - CVE-2016-4457
Published: June 1, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6853
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4457
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
CloudForms
CloudForms
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct a MitM attack.
The weakness exists due to use of a default SSL/TLS certificate for the web server during installation. A remote attacker can perform man-in-the-middle attack while installing the new certificate and obtain a copy of the new private key.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will allow an attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The weakness exists due to use of a default SSL/TLS certificate for the web server during installation. A remote attacker can perform man-in-the-middle attack while installing the new certificate and obtain a copy of the new private key.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will allow an attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-4457
Install update from vendor's website.