CVE-2015-1816

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2015-02-19
CWE:
CWE-295
Bugzilla:
1208602: CVE-2015-1816 foreman: lack of SSL certificate validation when performing LDAPS authentication
It was found that when making an SSL connection to an LDAP authentication source in Foreman, the remote server certificate was accepted without any verification against known certificate authorities, potentially making TLS connections vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks.

Find out more about CVE-2015-1816 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

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

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Satellite 6.1 - Optional (foreman) RHSA-2015:1592 2015-08-12
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.1 (foreman) RHSA-2015:1592 2015-08-12
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.1 (foreman) RHSA-2015:1591 2015-08-12
Red Hat Satellite 6.1 (foreman) RHSA-2015:1591 2015-08-12

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Satellite 6 foreman Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 foreman Will not fix
OpenStack 6 Installer for RHEL 7 foreman Will not fix

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