Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness Affecting etcd package, versions <0:3.3.23-1.el8ost


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-ETCD-4379121
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed5 Aug 2020

Introduced: 5 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-15115  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-305  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 etcd to version 0:3.3.23-1.el8ost or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:0916.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream etcd package and not the etcd package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

etcd before versions 3.3.23 and 3.4.10 does not perform any password length validation, which allows for very short passwords, such as those with a length of one. This may allow an attacker to guess or brute-force users' passwords with little computational effort.

CVSS Scores

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