Man-in-the-middle attack in Red Hat Satellite

1) Man-in-the-middle attack

EUVDB-ID: #VU10760

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2667

CWE-ID: CWE-300 - Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint ('Man-in-the-Middle')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows an adjacent attacker to conduct man-in-the-middle attack.

The weakness exists in the hammer_cli command line client due to disability of SSL/TLS certificate verification by default. An adjacent attacker can use man-in-the-middle techniques to spoof a valid certificate.

Mitigation

Update to version 6.3.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat Satellite: 6

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:red_hat_satellite:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2667

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the local network (LAN).

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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