SB2017121909 - Privilege escalation in Red Hat CloudForms
Published: December 19, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017121909
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2664)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the targeted system.The weakness exists due to insufficient role-based access control (RBAC) on certain methods within the rails application portion. A remote attacker can gain system privileges and conduct further attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.