A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise and OpenShift Origin 3.2 (Virtualization Software). This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.2 and OpenShift Origin allow remote authenticated users to execute commands with root privileges by changing the root password in an sti builder image.

The weakness was shared 06/08/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-2160. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. A authentication is required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 119372 (RHEL 7 : Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.2 (RHSA-2016:1064)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (119372). The entries 87788 and 87792 are related to this item.

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• OpenShift Enterprise
• OpenShift Origin

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• 3.2

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