CVE-2016-7070 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A privilege escalation flaw was found in the Ansible Tower. When Tower before 3.0.3 deploys a PostgreSQL database, it incorrectly configures the trust level of postgres user. An attacker could use this vulnerability to gain admin level access to the database.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Adjacent Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Adjacent Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00088.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Red Hat

Ansible Tower

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`3.0.3`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible_tower:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Redhat Subscribe	Ansible Tower Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-7950	A privilege escalation flaw was found in the Ansible Tower. When Tower before 3.0.3 deploys a PostgreSQL database, it incorrectly configures the trust level of postgres user. An attacker could use this vulnerability to gain admin level access to the database.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7070
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/3.0.3/html/upgrade-migration-guide/release_notes.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7070
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7070

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2018-09-11T13:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:50:46.627Z

Reserved: 2016-08-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-7070

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-09-11T13:29:00.950

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:57:23.960

Link: CVE-2016-7070

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-11-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7070 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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