Information disclosure in Foreman



Risk Low
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
CVE-ID CVE-2016-4995
CVE-2016-4996
CWE-ID CWE-200
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Foreman
Web applications / Remote management & hosting panels

Vendor Foreman

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU10749

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4995

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 improper restriction of access to preview provisioning templates. A remote attacker with permissions to preview host templates can access the template preview for any host if they are able to guess the host name, and access potentially sensitive information.

Mitigation

Update to versions 1.11.4 or 1.12.1.

Vulnerable software versions

Foreman: 1.11.0 - 1.12.0

CPE2.3 External links

https://theforeman.org/security.html#2016-4995


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

2) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU10753

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 1.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4996

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 discovery-debug due to improper security restrictions. A local attacker with access to the system journal can obtain the root password by reading the system journal, or by clicking Logs on the console.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Foreman: 6.1

CPE2.3 External links

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349136


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.



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