Covert Timing Channel Affecting rhvm-appliance package, versions <1:4.1.20171102.0-1.el7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.01% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RHVMAPPLIANCE-4456355
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed20 Feb 2017

Introduced: 20 Feb 2017

CVE-2014-9970  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-385  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 rhvm-appliance to version 1:4.1.20171102.0-1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:3141.

NVD Description

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

jasypt before 1.9.2 allows a timing attack against the password hash comparison.