Katello 1.5.0-14 Administrator Account input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Katello 1.5.0-14. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Administrator Account. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2013-2143. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Katello 1.5.0-14. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Administrator Account. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The users controller in Katello 1.5.0-14 and earlier, and Red Hat Satellite, does not check authorization for the update_roles action, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by setting a user account to an administrator account.

The weakness was published 04/17/2014 by Ramon de C Valle (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-2143 since 02/19/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional.

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 Exploit-DB (32515), SecurityFocus (BID 66434†) and OSVDB (104981†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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MetaSploit ID: katello_satellite_priv_esc.rb
MetaSploit Name: Katello (Red Hat Satellite) users/update_roles Missing Authorization
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Timelineinfo

02/19/2013 🔍
03/25/2014 +399 days 🔍
04/17/2014 +23 days 🔍
04/17/2014 +0 days 🔍
03/25/2015 +342 days 🔍
05/11/2026 +4065 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 125866
Researcher: Ramon de C Valle
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2013-2143 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-2143
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69380
SecurityFocus: 66434 - Katello CVE-2013-2143 Security Bypass Vulnerability
OSVDB: 104981

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2015 16:45
Updated: 05/11/2026 05:13
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (57), 03/09/2019 09:33 (2), 03/15/2022 11:13 (3), 12/02/2024 02:21 (18), 05/11/2026 05:13 (2)
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