CRITICAL9.8

GHSA-5xv2-q475-rwrh

Katello uses hard coded credential

Quick fix

GHSA-5xv2-q475-rwrh — katello: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

bundle update katello

Details

The installation script in Katello 1.0 and earlier does not properly generate the `Application.config.secret_token` value, which causes each default installation to have the same secret token, and allows remote attackers to authenticate to the CloudForms System Engine web interface as an arbitrary user by creating a cookie using the default `secret_token`.

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Affected packages

RubyGems/katello

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.0.6

Fixbundle update katello

RubyGems/katello

Introduced in: 1.1.0Fixed in: 1.1.7

Fixbundle update katello

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3503[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/Katello/katello/pull/499[WEB]
https://github.com/Katello/katello/commit/7c256fef9d75029d0ffff58ff1dcda915056d3a3[WEB]
https://github.com/Katello/katello[PACKAGE]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5xv2-q475-rwrh[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/katello/CVE-2012-3503.yml[WEB]
https://web.archive.org/web/20140806122239/http://secunia.com/advisories/50344[WEB]
https://web.archive.org/web/20200229120740/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55140[WEB]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1186.html[WEB]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1187.html[WEB]