SB2018050718 - Red Hat update for cloudforms
Published: May 7, 2018 Updated: May 23, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018050718
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
3
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1101)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to write arbitrary files and gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists in the management of system and organization administrators due to improper security restrictions. A remote attacker can reset the passwords and gain root privileges.
2) Command injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1104)
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.The weakness exists in user-provided extra_vars due to command injection via Jinja2 variables. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
3) Authentication bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7750)
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication.The weakness exists is due to improper security restrictions. A remote attacker can use a customized SSH client, bypass authentication and gain unauthorized access to resources on the target systemю
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.