CVE-2015-5233 Missing authorization in n/a
Medium 4.2
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-5233 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2015-5233 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Redhat Satellite, published on 11 Apr 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5233 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Redhat Satellite. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5233/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-5233/index.md)
Authenticated users can read or delete reports from arbitrary hosts due to improper permission checks in Foreman.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-5233?
CVE-2015-5233 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Redhat Satellite, published on 11 Apr 2016. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Foreman before 1.8.4 and 1.9.x before 1.9.1 do not properly apply view_hosts permissions, which allows (1) remote authenticated users with the view_reports permission to read reports from arbitrary hosts or (2) remote authenticated users with the destroy_reports permission to delete reports from arbitrary hosts via direct access to the (a) individual report show/delete pages or (b) APIs.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5233?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (40)
foreman Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.7.2.49-1.el6_6sat |
foreman-compute Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.7.2.49-1.el6_6sat |
foreman-debug Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.7.2.49-1.el6_6sat |
foreman-discovery-image Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 1:3.0.5-3.el7sat |
foreman-gce Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.7.2.49-1.el6_6sat |
foreman-libvirt Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.7.2.49-1.el6_6sat |
foreman-ovirt Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.7.2.49-1.el6_6sat |
foreman-postgresql Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.7.2.49-1.el6_6sat |
foreman-proxy Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.7.2.7-1.el6 |
foreman-vmware Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.7.2.49-1.el6_6sat |
gofer Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:2.6.8-1.el6 |
katello-agent Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:2.2.6-1.el6 |
katello-installer Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:2.3.22-1.el6 |
katello-installer-base Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:2.3.22-1.el6 |
libqpid-dispatch Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:0.4-11.el6 |
python-gofer Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:2.6.8-1.el6 |
python-gofer-proton Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:2.6.8-1.el6 |
python-gofer-qpid Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:2.6.8-1.el6 |
python-nectar Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.3.4-1.el6 |
python-qpid Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:0.30-7.el6 |
python-qpid-proton Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:0.9-11.el6 |
qpid-dispatch Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:0.4-11.el6 |
qpid-dispatch-debuginfo Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:0.4-11.el6 |
qpid-dispatch-router Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:0.4-11.el6 |
qpid-dispatch-tools Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:0.4-11.el6 |
qpid-proton Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:0.9-11.el6 |
qpid-proton-c Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:0.9-11.el6 |
qpid-proton-debuginfo Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:0.9-11.el6 |
ruby193-rubygem-foreman-redhat_access Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:0.2.4-1.el6_6sat |
ruby193-rubygem-foreman_bootdisk Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:4.0.2.14-1.el6_6sat |
ruby193-rubygem-foreman_discovery Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:2.0.0.23-1.el6_6sat |
ruby193-rubygem-katello Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:2.2.0.77-1.el6_6sat |
ruby193-rubygem-redhat_access_lib Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:0.0.6-1.el6_6sat |
rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman_docker Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:0.0.3.10-1.el6 |
rubygem-hammer_cli_foreman_docker-doc Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:0.0.3.10-1.el6 |
rubygem-newt Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:0.9.6-1.el6 |
rubygem-newt-debuginfo Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:0.9.6-1.el6 |
rubygem-smart_proxy_discovery Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.0.3-2.el6 |
rubygem-smart_proxy_discovery_image Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el6 | All versions | 0:1.0.5-3.el6 |
foreman Red Hat:satellite:6.1::el7 | All versions | 0:1.7.2.49-1.el7sat |
Products include Redhat Satellite, Theforeman Foreman.
How do I fix CVE-2015-5233?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2015-5233 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5233 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Satellite
- CVE-2024-7012 Puppet-foreman: an authentication bypass vulnerability exists in foreman
- CVE-2024-7923 Puppet-pulpcore: an authentication bypass vulnerability exists in pulpcore
- CVE-2026-96659 Foreman: excessive permissions for viewer role on preview
- CVE-2023-0118 Foreman: arbitrary code execution through templates
- CVE-2008-2369 Hardcoded credentials in n/a
Sources
Also known as CVE-2015-5202, GHSA-m3c3-hv22-w332, RHSA-2015:2622.