Foreman up to 1.16.0 Dashboard Controller ID sql injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Foreman up to 1.16.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Dashboard Controller. Such manipulation of the argument ID leads to sql injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2018-1096. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Foreman up to 1.16.0 (Service Management Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Dashboard Controller. The manipulation of the argument id with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-89. The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An input sanitization flaw was found in the id field in the dashboard controller of Foreman before 1.16.1. A user could use this flaw to perform an SQL injection attack on the back end database.

The bug was discovered 03/28/2018. The weakness was published 04/05/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at projects.theforeman.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-1096 since 12/04/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1505.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 118185 (RHEL 7 : Satellite Server (RHSA-2018:2927)), 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 to version 1.16.1 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 7 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (118185). Similar entries are available at VDB-104477, VDB-110012, VDB-113063 and VDB-115808. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• Service Management Software

Name

• Foreman

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16.0

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• open-source

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