CVE-2016-9599
puppet-tripleo before versions 5.5.0, 6.2.0 is vulnerable to an access-control flaw in the IPtables rules management, which allowed the creation of TCP/UDP rules with empty port values.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.84%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
puppet-tripleo before versions 5.5.0, 6.2.0 is vulnerable to an access-control flaw in the IPtables rules management, which allowed the creation of TCP/UDP rules with empty port values. If SSL is enabled, a malicious user could use these open ports to gain access to unauthorized resources.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.84% probability · 56th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- openstack/puppet-tripleo · redhat/openstack
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0025.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9599Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0025.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9599Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.