Missing Authorization Affecting cfme-gemset package, versions <0:5.8.1.5-1.el7cf


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-CFMEGEMSET-5397982
  • published1 Apr 2023
  • disclosed2 Aug 2017

Introduced: 2 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-7530  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 cfme-gemset to version 0:5.8.1.5-1.el7cf or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:1758.

NVD Description

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

In CloudForms Management Engine (cfme) before 5.7.3 and 5.8.x before 5.8.1, it was found that privilege check is missing when invoking arbitrary methods via filtering on VMs that MiqExpression will execute that is triggerable by API users. An attacker could use this to execute actions they should not be allowed to (e.g. destroying VMs).