CVE-2013-2143

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2014-03-24
CWE:
CWE-862
Bugzilla:
970849: CVE-2013-2143 Katello: /app/controllers/users_controller.rb insufficient privilege check

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The users controller in Katello 1.5.0-14 and earlier, and Red Hat Satellite, does not check authorization for the update_roles action, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by setting a user account to an administrator account.

Find out more about CVE-2013-2143 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 katello Will not fix
Red Hat Satellite 6 katello Not affected

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Ramon de C Valle of the Red Hat Product Security Team.

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