VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-7070
A privilege escalation flaw was found in the Ansible Tower.
HIGH 8.0EPSS 0.64%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.64%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.0 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.64% probability · 49th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-266, CWE-264
- Affected
- redhat/ansible tower
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7070Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/3.0.3/html/upgrade-migration-guide/release_notes.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7070Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/3.0.3/html/upgrade-migration-guide/release_notes.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.