PT-2015-3294 · Ganglia · Ganglia-Web

Joseph Mingrone · Published 2015-09-07 · Updated 2017-08-20 · CVE-2015-6816

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ganglia-web versions prior to 3.7.1

Description The issue is related to a weakness in the authentication procedure of the Ganglia monitoring system's web interface, allowing remote attackers to bypass authentication. This can enable a remote attacker to circumvent the authentication process.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.7.1, update to version 3.7.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Ganglia-web interface until the update can be applied.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-287

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-01993

CVE-2015-6816

MGASA-2015-0375

Affected Products

Ganglia-Web

References · 22

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1260562 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/05/6 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-6816 · Vendor Advisory
• https://freshports.org/sysutils/ganglia-webfrontend · Patch
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169788.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-6816 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-6816 · Security Note
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169641.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-6816 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170362.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2015-0375 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01993 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-6816 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6816 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6816 · Vendor Advisory