CVE-2019-17134

Description

A certificate-validation error has been found in Octavia's amphora-agent, where an attacker with management-network access could bypass an amphora's client-certificate based authentication. Because the agent's HTTP server (gunicorn) had 'cert_reqs' set to 'True' instead of 'ssl.CERT_REQUIRED', information could be retrieved or configuration updated without a client certificate.

Mitigation

There is no mitigation for this issue, the flaw can only be resolved by applying updates.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score6.79.1N/A
Attack VectorNetworkNetworkN/A
Attack ComplexityLowLowN/A
Privileges RequiredHighNoneN/A
User InteractionNoneNoneN/A
ScopeUnchangedUnchangedN/A
ConfidentialityHighHighN/A
Integrity ImpactHighHighN/A
Availability ImpactLowNoneN/A

Vector

Red Hat: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

CWE-295

Integrity,Authentication

Technical Impact: Bypass Protection Mechanism; Gain Privileges or Assume Identity

When a certificate is invalid or malicious, it might allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by interfering in the communication path between the host and client. The product might connect to a malicious host while believing it is a trusted host, or the product might be deceived into accepting spoofed data that appears to originate from a trusted host.

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