Improper Certificate Validation Affecting ignition package, versions <0:2.14.0-5.rhaos4.12.el9


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-IGNITION-5966210
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed1 Jun 2022

Introduced: 1 Jun 2022

CVE-2022-2996  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:9 ignition to version 0:2.14.0-5.rhaos4.12.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:7398.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ignition package and not the ignition package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in the python-scciclient when making an HTTPS connection to a server where the server's certificate would not be verified. This issue opens up the connection to possible Man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks.

CVSS Scores

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