CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-4180

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Published: Mar 23, 2022 | Modified: Jul 25, 2022
CVSS 3.x
4.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
4.3 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

An information exposure flaw in openstack-tripleo-heat-templates allows an external user to discover the internal IP or hostname. An attacker could exploit this by checking the www_authenticate_uri parameter (which is visible to all end users) in configuration files. This would give sensitive information which may aid in additional system exploitation. This flaw affects openstack-tripleo-heat-templates versions prior to 11.6.1.

Weakness

The product exposes a resource to the wrong control sphere, providing unintended actors with inappropriate access to the resource.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Tripleo_heat_templates Openstack * 11.6.1 (excluding)
Openstack Redhat 13 (including) 13 (including)
Openstack Redhat 16.1 (including) 16.1 (including)
Openstack Redhat 16.2 (including) 16.2 (including)
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1 RedHat openstack-tripleo-heat-templates-0:11.3.2-1.20221013153262.el8ost *
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 RedHat openstack-tripleo-heat-templates-0:11.6.1-2.20220116004912.el8ost *
Tripleo-heat-templates Ubuntu bionic *
Tripleo-heat-templates Ubuntu trusty *
Tripleo-heat-templates Ubuntu xenial *

Extended Description

Resources such as files and directories may be inadvertently exposed through mechanisms such as insecure permissions, or when a program accidentally operates on the wrong object. For example, a program may intend that private files can only be provided to a specific user. This effectively defines a control sphere that is intended to prevent attackers from accessing these private files. If the file permissions are insecure, then parties other than the user will be able to access those files. A separate control sphere might effectively require that the user can only access the private files, but not any other files on the system. If the program does not ensure that the user is only requesting private files, then the user might be able to access other files on the system. In either case, the end result is that a resource has been exposed to the wrong party.

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