CVE-2017-2639 Security feature bypass in CloudForms
Attackers can spoof RHEV or OpenShift systems to harvest sensitive information from CloudForms due to missing hostname verification in custom CA configurations.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-2639?
CVE-2017-2639 is a medium-severity vulnerability in [UNKNOWN] CloudForms, published on 27 Jul 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
It was found that CloudForms does not verify that the server hostname matches the domain name in the certificate when using a custom CA and communicating with Red Hat Virtualization (RHEV) and OpenShift. This would allow an attacker to spoof RHEV or OpenShift systems and potentially harvest sensitive information from CloudForms.
Weakness: CWE-295
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2639?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Redhat Cloudforms, Redhat Cloudforms Management Engine.
How do I fix CVE-2017-2639?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2017-2639 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2639 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in [UNKNOWN] CloudForms
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gmm6-vqjm-5p45.