PCS up to 0.9.148 pcsd Web UI cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in PCS up to 0.9.148. Impacted is an unknown function of the component pcsd Web UI. Such manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-0720. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in PCS up to 0.9.148. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component pcsd Web UI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in pcsd web UI in pcs before 0.9.149.

The bug was discovered 11/03/2016. The weakness was shared 04/21/2017 by Martin (Website). The advisory is shared for download at lists.fedoraproject.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-0720 since 12/16/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 22 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 95342 (CentOS 7 : pcs (CESA-2016:2596)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 256131 (CentOS Security Update for pcs (CESA-2016:2596)).

Upgrading to version 0.9.149 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 databases at Tenable (95342) and SecurityFocus (BID 97984†). The entry VDB-100425 is related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.6
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Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 95342
Nessus Name: CentOS 7 : pcs (CESA-2016:2596)
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for pcs FEDORA-2016-3
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PCS 0.9.149
Patch: github.com

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12/16/2015 🔍
11/03/2016 +323 days 🔍
11/25/2016 +22 days 🔍
11/28/2016 +3 days 🔍
04/21/2017 +144 days 🔍
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12/01/2022 +2050 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2016:2596
Researcher: Martin Prpic (Martin)
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-0720 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-0720
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-100424
SecurityFocus: 97984 - pcs CVE-2016-0720 Cross Site Request Forgery Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-0720 - pcs - Cross-Site Request Forgery Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/21/2017 21:45
Updated: 12/01/2022 17:23
Changes: 04/21/2017 21:45 (75), 09/19/2020 10:45 (5), 12/21/2020 12:20 (2), 12/01/2022 17:09 (4), 12/01/2022 17:16 (1), 12/01/2022 17:23 (1)
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