CVE-2016-5737

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 Medium 6.1

Description

The Gerrit configuration in the Openstack Puppet module for Gerrit (aka puppet-gerrit) improperly marks text/html as a safe mimetype, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted review.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-5737

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2017-01-12T23:59:00

Last Modified Date
2017-01-18T19:48:39

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-79	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:puppet-gerrit:-:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
REQUIRED

Scope
CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
LOW

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
6.1

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
2.8

Impact Score
2.7

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://github.com/openstack-infra/puppet-gerrit/commit/8573c2ee172f66c1667de49685c88fdc8883ca8b	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91352	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/22/2	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5737
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5737

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:50:17				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:54:03	2017-01-12T23:59Z	2017-01-12T23:59:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 12:54:03		2017-01-18T19:48:39	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 12:54:03		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated