SB2017032702 - Man-in-the-middle attack in Red Hat Satellite 



SB2017032702 - Man-in-the-middle attack in Red Hat Satellite

Published: March 27, 2017

Security Bulletin ID SB2017032702
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Adjecent network
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Low 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Man-in-the-middle attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2667)

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.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.