Bug 1232366 (CVE-2015-3235) - CVE-2015-3235 foreman: edit_users permission allows changing of admin passwords
Summary: CVE-2015-3235 foreman: edit_users permission allows changing of admin passwords
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2015-3235
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1233084
Blocks: 1145400 1232367 1253077
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Reported: 2015-06-16 14:52 UTC by Vasyl Kaigorodov
Modified: 2019-09-29 13:33 UTC (History)
24 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
It was discovered that in Foreman the edit_users permissions (for example, granted to the Manager role) allowed the user to edit admin user passwords. An attacker with the edit_users permissions could use this flaw to access an admin user account, leading to an escalation of privileges.
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Last Closed: 2016-02-22 03:08:42 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:1591 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: Red Hat Satellite 6.1.1 on RHEL 7 2015-08-12 08:49:40 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:1592 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: Red Hat Satellite 6.1.1 on RHEL 6 2015-08-12 09:04:35 UTC

Description Vasyl Kaigorodov 2015-06-16 14:52:06 UTC 
Dominic Cleal of Red Hat reported the below issue in Foreman:

A user with the edit_users permission (e.g. with the Manager role) is allowed to edit admin users. This allows them to change the password of the admin user's account and gain access to it.

Upstream bug: http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/10829
Upstream fix: pull request not yet merged, see upstream bug
Comment 1 Kurt Seifried 2015-07-29 17:17:12 UTC 
Updated CVSS2 scoring.
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2015-08-12 04:52:13 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Satellite 6.1

Via RHSA-2015:1591 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1591
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2015-08-12 05:31:01 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Satellite 6.1

Via RHSA-2015:1592 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1592
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