CVE-2016-4457

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-05-31
CWE:
CWE-798
Bugzilla:
1341308: CVE-2016-4457 CFME: default certificate used across all installs
CloudForms includes a default SSL/TLS certificate for the web server. This certificate is replaced at install time. However if an attacker were able to man-in-the-middle an administrator while installing the new certificate, the attacker could get a copy of the uploaded private key allowing for future attacks.

Find out more about CVE-2016-4457 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 6.1
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
CloudForms Management Engine 5.8 RHSA-2017:1367 2017-05-31
CloudForms Management Engine 5.7 RHSA-2017:1601 2017-06-28

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Simon Lukasik (Red Hat).

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