Bug 1424977 – CVE-2017-2632 cfme: tenant administrator can create a group with higher permissions

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Bug 1424977 - (CVE-2017-2632) CVE-2017-2632 cfme: tenant administrator can create a group with higher permissions

Summary:	CVE-2017-2632 cfme: tenant administrator can create a group with higher permi...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2017-2632

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

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

Depends On:	1418297 1419686
Blocks:	1424978
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Reported:	2017-02-20 03:54 EST by Martin Prpič
Modified:	2018-07-27 06:31 EDT (History)
CC List:	15 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	cfme 5.7.1.3
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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.
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Last Closed:	2017-02-27 15:16:16 EST
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2017:0320	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: CFME 5.7.1 bug fixes and enhancement update	2017-02-27 19:13:26 EST

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Description Martin Prpič 2017-02-20 03:54:28 EST

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 03:54:37 EST

Acknowledgments:

Name: Matouš Mojžíš (Red Hat)

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2017-02-27 14:32:19 EST

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

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