vdsm/vdsclient Hostname Validator certificate validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in vdsm and vdsclient. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Hostname Validator. The manipulation leads to certificate validation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2014-8167. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in vdsm and vdsclient (affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Hostname Validator. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

vdsm and vdsclient does not validate certficate hostname from another vdsm which could facilitate a man-in-the-middle attack

The weakness was published 11/13/2019 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-8167 since 10/10/2014. The exploitation is known to be difficult. 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 T1587.003 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 218626 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2014-8167), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (218626). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Certificate validation
CWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 218626
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2014-8167

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/10/2014 🔍
11/13/2019 +1860 days 🔍
11/14/2019 +1 days 🔍
03/04/2025 +1937 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2014-8167 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-8167
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-145475

Entryinfo

Created: 11/14/2019 15:44
Updated: 03/04/2025 12:35
Changes: 11/14/2019 15:44 (37), 11/14/2019 15:49 (17), 03/04/2025 12:35 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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