CVE-2015-5233
Description
Foreman before 1.8.4 and 1.9.x before 1.9.1 do not properly apply view_hosts permissions, which allows (1) remote authenticated users with the view_reports permission to read reports from arbitrary hosts or (2) remote authenticated users with the destroy_reports permission to delete reports from arbitrary hosts via direct access to the (a) individual report show/delete pages or (b) APIs.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/11579
- http://theforeman.org/security.html#CVE-2015-5233:reportsshow/destroynotrestrictedbyhostauthorization
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2622
- http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/11579
- http://theforeman.org/security.html#CVE-2015-5233:reportsshow/destroynotrestrictedbyhostauthorization
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2622
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.