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CVE-2018-17954

crowbar provision leaks admin password to all nodes in cleartext

Published: Apr 3, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-269
NVD MITRE
9.3CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 78.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

An Improper Privilege Management in crowbar of SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8, SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 allows root users on any crowbar managed node to cause become root on any other node. This issue affects: SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 crowbar-core versions prior to 4.0+git.1578392992.fabfd186c-9.63.1, crowbar-. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 ardana-cinder versions prior to 8.0+git.1579279939.ee7da88-3.39.3, ardana-. SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 ardana-ansible versions prior to 9.0+git.1581611758.f694f7d-3.16.1, ardana-. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 crowbar-core versions prior to 5.0+git.1582968668.1a55c77c5-3.35.4, crowbar-. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 crowbar-core versions prior to 6.0+git.1582892022.cbd70e833-3.19.3, crowbar-.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:NS:CC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-269

Affected Products

openstack cloudsuse
On-prem
Cloud & SaaS / cloud-platform
openstack cloud crowbarsuse
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE OpenStack CloudNovell Inc.
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7SUSE
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8SUSE
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
susecommercialDEOperating Systems
novell inc.commercialUSOperating Systems
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Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1117080
bugzilla.suse.com
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17954/
suse.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17954
nvd.nist.gov

Timeline

Published
Apr 3, 2020
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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