Bug 1715217 (CVE-2019-12300) - CVE-2019-12300 buildbot: Improper authentication using OAuth token authorization
Summary: CVE-2019-12300 buildbot: Improper authentication using OAuth token authorization
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2019-12300
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Reported: 2019-05-29 19:52 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2019-10-22 19:20 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: buildbot 2.3.1, buildbot 1.8.2
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Last Closed: 2019-10-22 19:20:08 UTC
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Description Laura Pardo 2019-05-29 19:52:38 UTC 
Buildbot before 1.8.2 and 2.x before 2.3.1 accepts a user-submitted authorization token from OAuth and uses it to authenticate a user. If an attacker has a token allowing them to read the user details of a victim, they can login as the victim.


References:
https://github.com/buildbot/buildbot/wiki/OAuth-vulnerability-in-using-submitted-authorization-token-for-authentication
Comment 1 Neal Gompa 2019-10-22 19:20:08 UTC 
This is fixed in all current Fedora releases.
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