Bug 1424977 (CVE-2017-2632)

Summary:	CVE-2017-2632 cfme: tenant administrator can create a group with higher permissions
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Martin Prpič <mprpic>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	cpelland, dajohnso, dclarizi, gblomqui, gmccullo, gtanzill, hhudgeon, jfrey, jhardy, jprause, kseifried, obarenbo, roliveri, security-response-team, simaishi
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	cfme 5.7.1.3	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A logic error in valid_role() in CloudForms role validation could allow a tenant administrator to create groups with a higher privilege level than the tenant administrator should have. This would allow an attacker with tenant administration access to elevate privileges.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2017-02-27 20:16:16 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:	1418297, 1419686
Bug Blocks:	1424978

Description Martin Prpič 2017-02-20 08:54:28 UTC

It was found that a tenant administrator could create groups with roles that have higher permissions than those of the tenant administrator.

Comment 1 Martin Prpič 2017-02-20 08:54:37 UTC

Acknowledgments:

Name: Matouš Mojžíš (Red Hat)

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2017-02-27 19:32:19 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  CloudForms Management Engine 5.7

Via RHSA-2017:0320 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0320.html