Red Hat Ansible Tower up to 3.2.3 Management access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Red Hat Ansible Tower up to 3.2.3. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Management. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2018-1101. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Ansible Tower up to 3.2.3 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Management. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Ansible Tower before version 3.2.4 has a flaw in the management of system and organization administrators that allows for privilege escalation. System administrators that are members of organizations can have their passwords reset by organization administrators, allowing organization administrators access to the entire system.

The bug was discovered 04/10/2018. The weakness was published 05/02/2018 as Bug 1563492 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-1101 since 12/04/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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 $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version 3.2.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

Similar entry is available at VDB-117321. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Ansible Tower 3.2.4

Timelineinfo

12/04/2017 🔍
04/10/2018 +127 days 🔍
05/02/2018 +21 days 🔍
05/02/2018 +0 days 🔍
05/03/2018 +1 days 🔍
08/22/2022 +1572 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: Bug 1563492
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-1101 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-1101
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-117320
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/03/2018 10:34
Updated: 08/22/2022 09:37
Changes: 05/03/2018 10:34 (61), 02/02/2020 09:04 (2), 08/22/2022 09:37 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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