CVE-2017-7470 Missing authorization in spacewalk-backend
Medium 6.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-7470 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2017-7470 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Redhat Satellite, published on 27 Jul 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7470 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-2017-7470/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7470/index.md)
Non-admin or disabled users can perform administrative tasks in Spacewalk due to incorrect authorization checks.
- 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-2017-7470?
CVE-2017-7470 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Redhat Satellite, published on 27 Jul 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
It was found that spacewalk-channel can be used by a non-admin user or disabled users to perform administrative tasks due to an incorrect authorization check in backend/server/rhnChannel.py.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7470?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (40)
spacewalk-backend Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el5 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el5sat |
spacewalk-backend-app Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el5 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el5sat |
spacewalk-backend-applet Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el5 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el5sat |
spacewalk-backend-config-files Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el5 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el5sat |
spacewalk-backend-config-files-common Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el5 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el5sat |
spacewalk-backend-config-files-tool Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el5 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el5sat |
spacewalk-backend-iss Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el5 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el5sat |
spacewalk-backend-iss-export Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el5 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el5sat |
spacewalk-backend-libs Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el5 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el5sat |
spacewalk-backend-package-push-server Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el5 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el5sat |
spacewalk-backend-server Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el5 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el5sat |
spacewalk-backend-sql Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el5 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el5sat |
spacewalk-backend-sql-oracle Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el5 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el5sat |
spacewalk-backend-sql-postgresql Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el5 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el5sat |
spacewalk-backend-tools Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el5 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el5sat |
spacewalk-backend-xml-export-libs Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el5 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el5sat |
spacewalk-backend-xmlrpc Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el5 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el5sat |
spacewalk-backend Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el6 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-app Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el6 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-applet Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el6 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-config-files Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el6 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-config-files-common Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el6 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-config-files-tool Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el6 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-iss Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el6 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-iss-export Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el6 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-libs Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el6 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-package-push-server Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el6 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-server Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el6 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-sql Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el6 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-sql-oracle Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el6 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-sql-postgresql Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el6 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-tools Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el6 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-xml-export-libs Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el6 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-xmlrpc Red Hat:network_satellite:5.6::el6 | All versions | 0:2.0.3-45.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6 | All versions | 0:2.3.3-49.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-app Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6 | All versions | 0:2.3.3-49.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-applet Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6 | All versions | 0:2.3.3-49.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-config-files Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6 | All versions | 0:2.3.3-49.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-config-files-common Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6 | All versions | 0:2.3.3-49.el6sat |
spacewalk-backend-config-files-tool Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6 | All versions | 0:2.3.3-49.el6sat |
Products include Redhat Satellite, Redhat Spacewalk.
How do I fix CVE-2017-7470?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2017-7470 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7470 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-8hhp-cr56-3gg7, RHSA-2017:1259, SUSE-SU-2017:1346-1, SUSE-SU-2017:1347-1, SUSE-SU-2017:1349-1, SUSE-SU-2017:1352-1.