CVE-2017-7537
CVSS V2 Medium 5
CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2017-7537
- Assigner
- secalert@redhat.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2018-07-26T13:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2023-02-12T23:30:38
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:dogtagpki:dogtagpki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 10.6.4 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 5
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 10
- Impact Score
- 2.9
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- NONE
- Base Score
- 7.5
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 3.6
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2335 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7537 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1470817 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7537 | Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/commit/876d13c6d20e7e1235b9 | Third Party Advisory Patch |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7537 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7537 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 17:08:36 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-03 10:31:17 | 2018-07-26T13:29Z | 2018-07-26T13:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-03 10:31:17 | 2019-10-09T23:29:43 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-03 10:31:17 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated | |
| 2023-02-02 17:07:49 | 2023-02-02T16:18:17 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2023-02-02 17:07:51 | 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. | It was found that a mock CMC authentication plugin with a hardcoded secret was accidentally enabled by default in the pki-core package. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to bypass the regular authentication process and trick the CA server into issuing certificates. | Description | updated |
| 2023-02-02 17:07:54 | References | updated | ||
| 2023-02-13 01:08:15 | 2023-02-12T23:30:38 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2023-02-13 01:08:16 | Weakness Enumeration | update | ||
| 2023-02-13 01:08:16 | It was found that a mock CMC authentication plugin with a hardcoded secret was accidentally enabled by default in the pki-core package. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to bypass the regular authentication process and trick the CA server into issuing certificates. | 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. | Description | updated |