CVE-2016-7070 (GCVE-0-2016-7070)
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
CWE
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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Ansible Tower Version: 3.0.3
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