CVE-2016-8631

3: Router sometimes selects new routes over old routes when determining claimed hostnames

Severity Score

7.7

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The OpenShift Enterprise 3 router does not properly sort routes when processing newly added routes. An attacker with access to create routes can potentially overwrite existing routes and redirect network traffic for other users to their own site.

El router OpenShift Enterprise 3 no clasifica correctamente las rutas al procesar rutas añadidas recientemente. Un atacante con acceso para crear rutas puede sobrescribir las rutas existentes y redirigir el tráfico de red de otros usuarios a su propio sitio.

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is the company's cloud computing Platform-as-a-Service solution designed for on-premise or private cloud deployments. This advisory contains the RPM packages for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform release 3.3.1.4. Multiple security issues have been addressed.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-10-12 CVE Reserved
2016-11-16 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-05-16 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94110	2023-02-12
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2696	2023-02-12
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8631	2023-02-12
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8631	2016-11-15
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1390735	2016-11-15

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Openshift Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift"				3.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift" and version "3.0"		enterprise		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Openshift Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift"				3.3 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift" and version "3.3"		enterprise		Affected