CVE-2016-7070
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-09-11 13:00
Modified
2024-08-06 01:50
Severity ?
8.0 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7070Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/3.0.3/html/upgrade-migration-guide/release_notes.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7070Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.ansible.com/ansible-tower/3.0.3/html/upgrade-migration-guide/release_notes.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
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