CVE-2014-8168
Description
A missing authorization flaw was found in Red Hat Satellite. This flaw allows a malicious local user to access MongoDB on the Satellite server and delete the pulp_database, leading to corruption in the Satellite database. The highest threat from this vulnerability is confidentiality, integrity, and system availability.
Statement
Red Hat Satellite should not be accessed locally by untrusted users, thus this flaw is considered as a moderate impact only. Satellite is removing MongoDB support in future product releases. Public announcement: https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-satellite-standardize-postgresql-backend
Mitigation
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).
The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 7.8 | 6.1 | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Local | Local | N/A |
| Attack Complexity | High | Low | N/A |
| Privileges Required | Low | Low | N/A |
| User Interaction | None | None | N/A |
| Scope | Changed | Unchanged | N/A |
| Confidentiality | High | Low | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | High | High | N/A |
| Availability Impact | High | None | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Acknowledgements
This issue was discovered by Jan Hutař (Red Hat).
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