SB2019011416 - Improper Authentication in CoreOS etcd
Published: January 14, 2019 Updated: July 5, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019011416
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper Authentication (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16886)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass authentication process.
The vulnerability exists due to an improper authentication issue when role-based access control (RBAC) is used and client-cert-auth is enabled. A remote user can authenticate as user with any valid (trusted) client certificate in a REST API request to the gRPC-gateway.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106540
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0237
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1352
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16886
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/blob/1eee465a43720d713bb69f7b7f5e120135fdb1ac/CHANGELOG-3.2.md#security-authentication
- https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/blob/1eee465a43720d713bb69f7b7f5e120135fdb1ac/CHANGELOG-3.3.md#security-authentication