Bug 1384112 (CVE-2016-7075) - CVE-2016-7075 OpenShift 3: API server does not validate client-provided intermediate certificates correctly
Summary: CVE-2016-7075 OpenShift 3: API server does not validate client-provided inter...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2016-7075
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1384120
Blocks: 1384165
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Reported: 2016-10-12 15:06 UTC by Kurt Seifried
Modified: 2019-09-29 13:57 UTC (History)
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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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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:00:01 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2016:2064 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: atomic-openshift security update 2016-10-17 21:24:45 UTC

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
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