Information disclosure in Red Hat Enterprise Linux

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU7662

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7488

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper configuration of the System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) by the authconfig feature. A remote attacker can use SSSD to authenticate against remote server, conduct a timing attack and read arbitrary files that may be used to conduct further attacks.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64: 7.0

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:red_hat:red_hat_enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7488

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.