CVE-2017-7513 MEDIUM

CVE-2017-7513

Vendor Red Hat

Product Red Hat Satellite

Weakness CWE-295

Published August 22, 2018

Last update August 5, 2024

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CVSS base score

5.4/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

It was found that Satellite 5 configured with SSL/TLS for the PostgreSQL backend failed to correctly validate X.509 server certificate host name fields. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to spoof a PostgreSQL server using a specially crafted X.509 certificate.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 22, 2018 CVE published

August 5, 2024 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7513 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/295.html

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