CVE-2016-7070

Summary

CVECVE-2016-7070
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-09-11 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:19:00 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Ansible Tower All All All All
Application Redhat Ansible Tower All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1627754 – (CVE-2016-7070) CVE-2016-7070 Ansible Tower: PostgreSQL privilege escalation in Tower-deployed setups CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
1. Release Notes for Ansible Tower Version 3.0.3 — Ansible Tower 3.0.x Upgrade and Migration Guide CONFIRM docs.ansible.com Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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