Information disclosure in Pulp



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
CVE-ID CVE-2016-3696
CVE-2016-3704
CWE-ID CWE-200
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Pulp
Web applications / Other software

Vendor Pulp

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU10739

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3696

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The weakness exists in the pulp-qpid-ssl-cfg script due to creation of the private CA key in a directory that is world-readable for a small amount of time. A local attacker can gain access to the private key information in the file.

Mitigation

Update to version 2.8.5 or later.

Vulnerable software versions

Pulp: 2.8.0 - 2.8.4

CPE2.3 External links

https://docs.pulpproject.org/user-guide/release-notes/2.8.x.html#pulp-2-8-5


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU10741

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3704

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The weakness exists due to unsafe use of Bash's $RANDOM that generates a NSS DB password and seed resulting in insufficient randomness. A remote attacker can potentially guess the seed used given enough time and compute resources.

Mitigation

Update to version 2.8.5.

Vulnerable software versions

Pulp: 2.8.0 - 2.8.4

CPE2.3 External links

https://docs.pulpproject.org/user-guide/release-notes/2.8.x.html#pulp-2-8-5


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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