Red Hat Certificate System 7.2 Configuration File password.conf access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Red Hat Certificate System 7.2. This impacts an unknown function of the file password.conf of the component Configuration File. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-2367. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Red Hat Certificate System 7.2. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the file password.conf of the component Configuration File. 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. CVE summarizes:

Red Hat Certificate System 7.2 uses world-readable permissions for password.conf and unspecified other configuration files, which allows local users to discover passwords by reading these files.

The bug was discovered 01/15/2009. The weakness was released 01/20/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at rhn.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-2367 since 05/21/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of 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 T1068.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116166 (Red Hat Update for rhpki (RHSA-2009:0007)).

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 databases at X-Force (48021), SecurityFocus (BID 33288†), OSVDB (53457†), Secunia (SA33540†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1021608†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-46195 and VDB-45957. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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05/21/2008 🔍
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08/28/2019 +1625 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: rhn.redhat.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-2367 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-2367
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45956
X-Force: 48021
SecurityFocus: 33288 - Red Hat Certificate System Multiple Local Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 33540
OSVDB: 53457 - CVE-2008-2367 - Red Hat - Certificate System - Information Disclosure Issue
SecurityTracker: 1021608
Vulnerability Center: 21011 - Red Hat Certificate System 7.2 Local Authentication Credentials and Sensitive Information Disclosure, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-0145

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/28/2019 08:42
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (60), 08/28/2019 08:42 (11)
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