CVE-2016-9599

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2016-12-22
CWE:
CWE-284
Bugzilla:
1409687: CVE-2016-9599 puppet-tripleo: if ssl is enabled, traffic is open on both undercloud and overcloud

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

puppet-tripleo before versions 5.5.0, 6.2.0 is vulnerable to an access-control flaw in the IPtables rules management, which allowed the creation of TCP/UDP rules with empty port values. If SSL is enabled, a malicious user could use these open ports to gain access to unauthorized resources.

Find out more about CVE-2016-9599 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 7.1
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (puppet-tripleo) RHSA-2017:0025 2017-01-05

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 (Ocata) puppet-tripleo Not affected

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Ben Nemec (Red Hat).

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