Vulnerability CVE-2016-7070


Published: 2018-09-11

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-264

(Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.2/10
6.4/10
5.1/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Adjacent network
Low
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Redhat -> Ansible tower 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7070
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/3.0.3/html/upgrade-migration-guide/release_notes.html

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