Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affecting cfme-appliance-tools package, versions <0:5.9.9.1-1.el7cf


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-CFMEAPPLIANCETOOLS-5400681
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed27 Nov 2018

Introduced: 27 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-16476  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-502  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 cfme-appliance-tools to version 0:5.9.9.1-1.el7cf or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:0600.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cfme-appliance-tools package and not the cfme-appliance-tools package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A Broken Access Control vulnerability in Active Job versions >= 4.2.0 allows an attacker to craft user input which can cause Active Job to deserialize it using GlobalId and give them access to information that they should not have. This vulnerability has been fixed in versions 4.2.11, 5.0.7.1, 5.1.6.1, and 5.2.1.1.