ovirt-aaa-jdbc-tool up to 1.1.2 Password Update password recovery

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in ovirt-aaa-jdbc-tool up to 1.1.2. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Password Update Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to password recovery. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2017-2614. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in ovirt-aaa-jdbc-tool up to 1.1.2 (Virtualization Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Password Update Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a password recovery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-640. The product contains a mechanism for users to recover or change their passwords without knowing the original password, but the mechanism is weak. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

When updating a password in the rhvm database the ovirt-aaa-jdbc-tool tools before 1.1.3 fail to correctly check for the current password if it is expired. This would allow access to an attacker with access to change the password on accounts with expired passwords, gaining access to those accounts.

The bug was discovered 02/06/2017. The weakness was disclosed 07/27/2018 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-2614 since 11/30/2016. The attack needs to be approached locally. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1552.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 97059 (RHEL 7 : ovirt-engine-extension-aaa-jdbc (RHSA-2017:0257)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 236259 (Red Hat Update for ovirt-engine-extension-aaa-jdbc security (RHSA-2017:0257)).

Upgrading to version 1.1.3 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 vulnerability database at Tenable (97059). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Virtualization Software

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• ovirt-aaa-jdbc-tool

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• 1.1.0
• 1.1.1
• 1.1.2

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