Bug 1151258 – CVE-2014-3692 CFME: default fallback password in customization_templates.yml

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Bug 1151258 - (CVE-2014-3692) CVE-2014-3692 CFME: default fallback password in customization_templates.yml

Summary:	CVE-2014-3692 CFME: default fallback password in customization_templates.yml

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2014-3692

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity low
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Assigned To:	Red Hat Product Security
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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1159443
Blocks:	1146355 1157882
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Reported:	2014-10-09 20:30 EDT by Kurt Seifried
Modified:	2015-02-04 07:14 EST (History)
CC List:	16 users (show)

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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	It was found that the CloudForms Management Engine customization template used a default root password for newly created images if no root password was specified.
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Last Closed:	2015-01-14 15:40:15 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2015:0028	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: cfme security, bug fix, and enhancement update	2015-01-14 19:41:27 EST

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Description Kurt Seifried 2014-10-09 20:30:17 EDT

CFME: default password:

https://github.com/ManageIQ/manageiq/blob/master/vmdb/db/fixtures/customization_templates.yml#L7

config file, requires user to not enter password, I think we should default to
safe (e.g. either force a password to be set, or assign a random one), and 
give this a CVE, giving them time for feedback.

Comment 1 Jason Frey 2014-10-10 16:48:43 EDT

Interesting, I thought we decided this *wasn't* a security issue because it's not actually used.  It's a sample meant to show people how to set a default password.  

Users *could* copy and reuse, hence the perceived problem, but it's not actively a security hole...it's not really even a bug.

Either way, I think in discussion we just decided to delete that line of code, since, again, it's just a sample.

Comment 3 Kurt Seifried 2014-10-15 00:08:52 EDT

This issue is now public. 

https://github.com/ManageIQ/manageiq/commit/40f83e498edd5f91ab70ef538a9766bbe08e3d23

Comment 6 Kurt Seifried 2015-01-08 11:01:38 EST

Acknowledgement:

This issue was discovered by the Red Hat CloudForms Team.

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2015-01-14 14:42:17 EST

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  CloudForms Management Engine 5.3

Via RHSA-2015:0028 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0028.html

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