CVE-2016-1906

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-01-06
CWE:
CWE-285
Bugzilla:
1297916: CVE-2016-1906 Kubernetes api server: build config to a strategy that isn't allowed by policy
An authorization flaw was discovered in Kubernetes; the API server did not properly check user permissions when handling certain build-configuration strategies. A remote attacker could create build configurations with strategies that violate policy. Although the attacker could not launch the build themselves (launch fails when the policy is violated), if the build configuration files were later launched by other privileged services (such as automated triggers), user privileges could be bypassed allowing attacker escalation.

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CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.6
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1 RHSA-2016:0070 2016-01-26
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0 (openshift) RHSA-2016:0351 2016-03-03

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kubernetes Will not fix

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