CVE-2017-2582 keycloak-core discloses system properties

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

An attacker can read system property values from the Keycloak server by crafting a malicious SAML request ID field.

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-2017-2582?

CVE-2017-2582 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, published on 26 Jul 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

It was found that while parsing the SAML messages the StaxParserUtil class of keycloak before 2.5.1 replaces special strings for obtaining attribute values with system property. This could allow an attacker to determine values of system properties at the attacked system by formatting the SAML request ID field to be the chosen system property which could be obtained in the "InResponseTo" field in the response.

Weakness: CWE-200, CWE-201

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2582?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.keycloak:keycloak-core. It affects 2 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
org.keycloak:keycloak-core MavenAll versions2.5.1
org.keycloak:keycloak-core MavenAll versions2.5.1
Linux distribution packages (38)
hornetq Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:2.3.25-24.SP22_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-appclient Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-cli Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-client-all Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-clustering Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-cmp Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-configadmin Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-connector Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-controller Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-controller-client Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-core-security Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-deployment-repository Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-deployment-scanner Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-domain-http Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-domain-management Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-ee Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-ee-deployment Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-ejb3 Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-embedded Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-host-controller Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-jacorb Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-jaxr Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-jaxrs Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-jdr Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-jmx Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-jpa Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-jsf Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-jsr77 Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-logging Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-mail Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-management-client-content Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-messaging Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-modcluster Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-naming Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-network Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-osgi Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-osgi-configadmin Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5
jboss-as-osgi-service Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6::el5All versions0:7.5.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5

Products include Redhat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform, Redhat Keycloak.

How do I fix CVE-2017-2582?

Upgrade org.keycloak:keycloak-core to 2.5.1 or later.

Is CVE-2017-2582 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2582 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-c77r-6f64-478q, RHSA-2017:3216, RHSA-2017:3217, RHSA-2017:3218, RHSA-2017:3219, RHSA-2019:0136 and 1 more.

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