Bug 1384112 (CVE-2016-7075)

Summary: CVE-2016-7075 OpenShift 3: API server does not validate client-provided intermediate certificates correctly
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Kurt Seifried <kseifried>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: bleanhar, ccoleman, dedgar, dmcphers, jgoulding, jialiu, jkeck, joelsmith, jokerman, lmeyer, mmccomas, security-response-team, tdawson, wsun
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It was found that Kubernetes did not correctly validate X.509 client intermediate certificate host name fields. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass authentication requirements by using a specially crafted X.509 certificate.
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Bug Depends On: 1384120    
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Description Kurt Seifried 2016-10-12 15:06:37 UTC
Upstream reports:
Clients using SSL certs for auth show the subject CN of their intermediate cert
not their entity cert.

Reference URL:
https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/34517

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2016-10-17 17:25:21 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.1
  Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.2
  Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 3.3

Via RHSA-2016:2064 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2064