CVE-2017-2664: Medium severity red hat cloudforms vulnerability

Published Mar 23, 2017
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Updated

CloudForms Management Engine (cfme) before 5.7.3 and 5.8.x before 5.8.1 lacks RBAC controls on certain methods in the rails application portion of CloudForms. An attacker with access could use a variety of methods within the rails application portion of CloudForms to escalate privileges.

Other sources

Libor Pichler and Martin Povolny report:

Cloudforms lacks RBAC controls on a variety of methods potentially allowing authenticated users to escalate privileges and use methods they should not have access to.

Red Hat

Affected Software

6 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/cfme<5.7.3
5.7.3
redhat/cfme<5.8.1
5.8.1
redhat Cloudforms=4.2
redhat Cloudforms=4.6
redhat CloudForms Management Engine<5.7.3
redhat CloudForms Management Engine>=5.8<5.8.1

Event History

Jul 26, 2018
CVE Published
via MITRE·02:00 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·02:00 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2017-2664?

CVE-2017-2664 is rated as a medium severity vulnerability due to insufficient RBAC controls.

2

How do I fix CVE-2017-2664?

To fix CVE-2017-2664, upgrade your version of CloudForms Management Engine to at least 5.8.1 or 5.7.3.

3

What products are affected by CVE-2017-2664?

CVE-2017-2664 affects Red Hat CloudForms versions 4.2, 4.6, and certain versions of CloudForms Management Engine up to 5.7.3 and 5.8.x before 5.8.1.

4

Who is the vendor for CVE-2017-2664?

The vendor for CVE-2017-2664 is Red Hat, responsible for the affected CloudForms products.

5

What types of attacks are possible with CVE-2017-2664?

An attacker with access could use various methods within the CloudForms Rails application to escalate privileges due to the lack of RBAC controls in CVE-2017-2664.

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