Candlepin Java Exception information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Candlepin. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Java Exception Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-5187. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Candlepin (affected version unknown). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Java Exception Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Candlepin allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by obtaining Java exception statements as a result of excessive web traffic.

The bug was discovered 08/10/2015. The weakness was presented 07/25/2017 as Bug 1252147 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-5187 since 07/01/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 715 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/01/2015 🔍
08/10/2015 +40 days 🔍
07/25/2017 +715 days 🔍
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07/26/2017 +1 days 🔍
11/01/2019 +828 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 1252147
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-5187 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5187
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-104483

Entryinfo

Created: 07/26/2017 10:12
Updated: 11/01/2019 09:00
Changes: 07/26/2017 10:12 (56), 11/01/2019 09:00 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:C62:103

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