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Foreman < 2.3.4 Improper Authorization Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

Low

Family

Family

Web application abuses

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

3.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

2 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

Foreman is prone to an improper authorization handling flaw.

Insight

Insight

The SmartProxyAuth of the Foreman allows controllers to authenticate certain requests based on the client certificate. As Puppet CA will consider subject alternative names (SANs) from a certificate along with Common name (CN), Puppet CA will sign the certificate with SANs pointing at DNS names of the already existing certificate.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Foreman prior to version 2.3.4.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Update to version 2.3.4 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)