CVE-2017-2672

foreman: Image password leak

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A flaw was found in foreman before version 1.15 in the logging of adding and registering images. An attacker with access to the foreman log file would be able to view passwords for provisioned systems in the log file, allowing them to access those systems.

Se ha encontrado un error en foreman en versiones anteriores a la 1.15 en el registro de adición y registro de imágenes. Un atacante con acceso al archivo de logs de foreman podría ver contraseñas para sistemas aprovisionados en el archivo de registro, lo que les permitiría acceder a esos sistemas.

A flaw was found in foreman's logging during the adding or registering of images. An attacker with access to the foreman log file would be able to view passwords for provisioned systems in the log file, allowing them to access those systems.

Red Hat Satellite is a systems management tool for Linux-based infrastructure. It allows for provisioning, remote management, and monitoring of multiple Linux deployments with a single centralized tool. This update provides Satellite 6.3 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Satellite server. For the full list of new features provided by Satellite 6.3, see the Release Notes linked to in the references section. See the Satellite 6 Installation Guide for detailed instructions on how to install a new Satellite 6.3 environment, or the Satellite 6 Upgrading and Updating guide for detailed instructions on how to upgrade from prior versions of Satellite 6.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-12-01 CVE Reserved
2018-02-20 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2024-08-05 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
CWE-312: Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97526	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2672	2024-08-05
https://projects.theforeman.org/issues/19169	2024-08-05

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336	2019-10-09
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2672	2018-02-21
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1439537	2018-02-21

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Theforeman Search vendor "Theforeman"		Foreman Search vendor "Theforeman" for product "Foreman"				< 1.15 Search vendor "Theforeman" for product "Foreman" and version " < 1.15"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Satellite Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Satellite"				6.3 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Satellite" and version "6.3"		-		Affected