Bug 1221989 (CVE-2015-3201)

Summary: CVE-2015-3201 thermostat: world-readable configuration file containing credentials
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Martin Prpič <mprpic>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: jorton, mmaslano, neugens, omajid, security-response-team, sgehwolf
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It was discovered that the Thermostat web application stored database authentication credentials in a world-readable configuration file. A local user on a system running the Thermostat web application could use this flaw to access and modify monitored JVM data, or perform actions on connected JVMs.
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Bug Depends On: 1222621, 1223505    
Bug Blocks: 1221990    

Description Martin Prpič 2015-05-15 12:17:54 UTC
It was found that Thermostat, a multi-user and multi-machine system for monitoring, querying and modifying Java Virtual Machines, stored user credentials in a world-readable file. A local user could use this flaw to retrieve the credentials and potentially affect any Java Virtual Machine connected to Thermostat.

Comment 1 Martin Prpič 2015-05-18 12:34:20 UTC
Acknowledgements:

This issue was discovered by the Red Hat Thermostat Team.

Comment 4 Kurt Seifried 2015-05-20 17:04:31 UTC
Created thermostat tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1223505]

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2015-06-04 08:09:35 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2015:1052 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1052.html

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2015-06-09 15:02:44 UTC
thermostat-1.2.2-7.fc22 has been pushed to the Fedora 22 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2015-06-10 19:07:39 UTC
thermostat-1.0.6-2.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.