Spoofing attack in CloudForms - CVE-2017-2639

 

Spoofing attack in CloudForms - CVE-2017-2639

Published: June 1, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6854
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2639
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
CloudForms

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The weakness exists due to improper verification that the server hostname matches the domain name in the certificate. A remote attacker can use a certificate authority, spoof a Red Hat Virtualization (RHEV) or OpenShift system and gain access to arbitrary files.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in information disclosure.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-2639

Install update from vendor's website.

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