CVE-2016-7070

Severity

52%

Complexity

51%

Confidentiality

106%

A privilege escalation flaw was found in the Ansible Tower. When Tower before 3.0.3 deploys a PostgreSQL database, it incorrectly configures the trust level of postgres user. An attacker could use this vulnerability to gain admin level access to the database.

A privilege escalation flaw was found in the Ansible Tower. When Tower before 3.0.3 deploys a PostgreSQL database, it incorrectly configures the trust level of postgres user. An attacker could use this vulnerability to gain admin level access to the database.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8. CVSS Attack Vector: adjacent_network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5.2. CVSS Attack Vector: adjacent_network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 6 years ago

2018-09-11 13:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-09 23:19:00

Affected Software

Red Hat Ansible Tower

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7070

Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory

https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/3.0.3/html/upgrade-migration-guide/release_notes.html

Release Notes, Vendor Advisory

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