Red Hat CloudForms 5.8 SSL/TLS Certificate cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Red Hat CloudForms 5.8. Affected is an unknown function of the component SSL/TLS Certificate. The manipulation results in cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2016-4457. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Red Hat CloudForms 5.8 (Cloud Software). Affected is an unknown function of the component SSL/TLS Certificate. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-310. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

CloudForms Management Engine before 5.8 includes a default SSL/TLS certificate.

The bug was discovered 05/31/2016. The weakness was disclosed 05/31/2017 by Simon Lukasik with Red Hat as RHSA-2017:1367 as confirmed security advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at access.redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-4457. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 365 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 233295 (RHEL 7 : CFME 5.8.0 (RHSA-2017:1367)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (233295) and SecurityTracker (ID 1038599†). The entry VDB-101893 is pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 233295
Nessus Name: RHEL 7 : CFME 5.8.0 (RHSA-2017:1367)

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Recommended: Upgrade
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06/01/2017 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: RHSA-2017:1367
Researcher: Simon Lukasik
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-4457 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-4457
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-101892
SecurityTracker: 1038599

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/01/2017 23:46
Updated: 03/24/2025 21:36
Changes: 06/01/2017 23:46 (68), 10/13/2019 09:49 (3), 03/24/2025 21:36 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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