CVE-2016-7075

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-7075
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-09-10 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:25:00 UTC
DescriptionIt was found that Kubernetes as used by Openshift Enterprise 3 did not correctly validate X.509 client intermediate certificate host name fields. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass authentication requirements by using a specially crafted X.509 certificate.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-295

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kubernetes Kubernetes - All All All
Application Kubernetes Kubernetes - All All All
Application Redhat Openshift 3.1 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift 3.2 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift 3.3 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift 3.1 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift 3.2 All All All
Application Redhat Openshift 3.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1384112 – (CVE-2016-7075) CVE-2016-7075 OpenShift 3: API server does not validate client-provided intermediate certificates correctly CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Client certificate auth is using the subject CN from the intermediate CA cert, not from the end entity cert · Issue #34517 · kubernetes/kubernetes · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
1384112 – (CVE-2016-7075) CVE-2016-7075 OpenShift 3: API server does not validate client-provided intermediate certificates correctly MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE-2016-7075 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
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