Incorrect Authorization Affecting servicemesh-galley package, versions <0:1.1.14-1.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-SERVICEMESHGALLEY-4400508
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed11 May 2021

Introduced: 11 May 2021

CVE-2021-29492  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 servicemesh-galley to version 0:1.1.14-1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:1540.

NVD Description

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

Envoy is a cloud-native edge/middle/service proxy. Envoy does not decode escaped slash sequences %2F and %5C in HTTP URL paths in versions 1.18.2 and before. A remote attacker may craft a path with escaped slashes, e.g. /something%2F..%2Fadmin, to bypass access control, e.g. a block on /admin. A backend server could then decode slash sequences and normalize path and provide an attacker access beyond the scope provided for by the access control policy. ### Impact Escalation of Privileges when using RBAC or JWT filters with enforcement based on URL path. Users with back end servers that interpret %2F and / and %5C and \ interchangeably are impacted. #

Attack Vector URL paths containing escaped slash characters delivered by untrusted client. Patches in versions 1.18.3, 1.17.3, 1.16.4, 1.15.5 contain new path normalization option to decode escaped slash characters. As a workaround, if back end servers treat `%2F` and `/` and `%5C` and `\` interchangeably and a URL path based access control is configured, one may reconfigure the back end server to not treat `%2F` and `/` and `%5C` and `\` interchangeably.</h3>

CVSS Scores

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