CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-3494

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Published: Apr 26, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.9
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
6.1 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu

A smart proxy that provides a restful API to various sub-systems of the Foreman is affected by the flaw which can cause a Man-in-the-Middle attack. The FreeIPA module of Foreman smart proxy does not check the SSL certificate, thus, an unauthenticated attacker can perform actions in FreeIPA if certain conditions are met. The highest threat from this flaw is to system confidentiality. This flaw affects Foreman versions before 2.5.0.

Weakness

The product transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Foreman Theforeman * 2.5.0 (excluding)
Red Hat Satellite 6.10 for RHEL 7 RedHat foreman-0:2.5.2.17-2.el7sat *
Red Hat Satellite 6.10 for RHEL 7 RedHat foreman-0:2.5.2.17-2.el7sat *

Potential Mitigations

References