Upstream information

CVE-2017-7537 at MITRE

Description

It was found that a mock CMC authentication plugin with a hardcoded secret was accidentally enabled by default in the pki-core package before 10.6.4. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to bypass the regular authentication process and trick the CA server into issuing certificates.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.9
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None
CVSSv3 Version 3
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List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 7
  • pki-base >= 10.4.1-11.el7
  • pki-base-java >= 10.4.1-11.el7
  • pki-ca >= 10.4.1-11.el7
  • pki-javadoc >= 10.4.1-11.el7
  • pki-kra >= 10.4.1-11.el7
  • pki-server >= 10.4.1-11.el7
  • pki-symkey >= 10.4.1-11.el7
  • pki-tools >= 10.4.1-11.el7
 Patchnames:
RHSA-2017:2335

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jul 21 13:15:10 2017
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 30 17:32:58 2023