PT-2016-5685 · Foreman · Foreman

Published 2016-05-20 · Updated 2023-02-12 · CVE-2016-3728

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Foreman versions prior to 1.10.4 Foreman versions 1.11.x prior to 1.11.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the PXE template type portion of the PATH INFO to "tftp/". This is due to an eval injection vulnerability in the tftp api.rb file within the TFTP module in the Smart-Proxy component.

Recommendations For Foreman versions prior to 1.10.4, update to version 1.10.4 or later. For Foreman versions 1.11.x prior to 1.11.2, update to version 1.11.2 or later.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-3728

Affected Products

Foreman

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3728 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3728 · Vendor Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016:1501 · Vendor Advisory
• http://theforeman.org/security.html#2016-3728 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/theforeman/smart-proxy/commit/eef532aa668d656b9d61d9c6edf7c2505f3f43c7 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/19/2 · Note
• http://projects.theforeman.org/issues/14931 · Note