CVE-2017-4966
Description
A flaw was found in RabbitMQ. The web management interface stores user credentials indefinitely in the browser's local storage without an expiration mechanism. An attacker with access to the local system or by chaining browser-based vulnerabilities could retrieve these credentials, leading to information disclosure and unauthorized access to the broker.
Statement
This issue affects rabbitmq-server plugins as shipped with:
- Red Hat Storage Console 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5,6,7
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8,9,10,11 Although RabbitMQ plugins are shipped in these products, no plugins are enabled or used by default. To verify your environment's plugin usage, run:
# rabbitmq-plugins list
A future update may address this issue. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
Info alert:Important note
CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).
The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 5.5 | 7.8 | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Local | Local | N/A |
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low | N/A |
| Privileges Required | Low | Low | N/A |
| User Interaction | None | None | N/A |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged | N/A |
| Confidentiality | High | High | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | None | High | N/A |
| Availability Impact | None | High | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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