CVE-2017-7537

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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.

7.5 /10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0 /10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References
Link Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2335 Third Party Advisory
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
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:dogtagpki:dogtagpki:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

12 Feb 2023, 23:30

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1470817', 'name': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1470817', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
  • {'url': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7537', 'name': 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7537', 'tags': [], 'refsource': 'MISC'}
Summary 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.
CWE CWE-798 CWE-592

02 Feb 2023, 16:18

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary 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.
References
  • (MISC) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1470817 -
  • (MISC) https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7537 -
References (CONFIRM) https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/commit/876d13c6d20e7e1235b9 - Patch, Third Party Advisory (CONFIRM) https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/commit/876d13c6d20e7e1235b9 - Third Party Advisory, Patch
Information

Published : 2018-07-26 13:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:44

NVD link : CVE-2017-7537

Mitre link : CVE-2017-7537

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-7537

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Products Affected

redhat

  • enterprise_linux_server
  • enterprise_linux_desktop
  • enterprise_linux_workstation

dogtagpki

  • dogtagpki
CWE
CWE-592

DEPRECATED: Authentication Bypass Issues

CWE-798

Use of Hard-coded Credentials