CVE-2016-3072

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-3072
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-06-07 18:59:01 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionMultiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in the scoped_search function in app/controllers/katello/api/v2/api_controller.rb in Katello allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the (1) sort_by or (2) sort_order parameter.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-89 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Katello Katello - All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Satellite 6.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1322050 – (CVE-2016-3072) CVE-2016-3072 Katello: Authenticated sql injection via sort_by and sort_order request parameter af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Fixes #14381 - properly sanitize sort_by and sort_attr by jlsherrill · Pull Request #6051 · Katello/katello · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
CVE-2016-3072 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
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