Covert Timing Channel Affecting foreman-cli package, versions <0:2.3.1.20-1.el7sat


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FOREMANCLI-5392363
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed25 May 2015

Introduced: 25 May 2015

CVE-2018-1000119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-385  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 foreman-cli to version 0:2.3.1.20-1.el7sat or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:1313.

NVD Description

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

Sinatra rack-protection versions 1.5.4 and 2.0.0.rc3 and earlier contains a timing attack vulnerability in the CSRF token checking that can result in signatures can be exposed. This attack appear to be exploitable via network connectivity to the ruby application. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.5.5 and 2.0.0.