CloudformsApplication · Redhat
CVE-2012-5603
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedproxies_controller.rb in Katello in Red Hat CloudForms before 1.1 does not properly check permissions, which allows remote authenticated users to read consumer certificates or change arbitrary users' settings via unspecified vectors related to the "consumer UUID" of a system.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe proxies_controller.rb in Katello (Red Hat CloudForms before 1.1) lacks proper permission validation when handling requests containing a 'consumer UUID'. Authenticated users can exploit this by manipulating the consumer UUID parameter to read consumer certificates or modify arbitrary user settings, effectively bypassing authorization controls.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
CloudformsApplication
<= 1.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- Single
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check if Red Hat CloudForms is installedLocate CloudForms installation directories or check system services for 'cloudforms' or 'katello' components. Common paths include /opt/cloudforms, /usr/share/katello, or check via system package manager.Affected if CloudForms or Katello components are found on the system
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Determine the installed CloudForms versionRun command to retrieve CloudForms version, such as: rpm -q cloudforms-management-engine or check katello package version via rpm -qa | grep katello. Also check /opt/cloudforms/version or similar version file if it exists.Affected if Version returned is 1.0 or lower (1.0.x, 0.x, or unpatched versions)
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Verify Katello proxies_controller.rb is presentLocate the Katello proxies_controller.rb file in the Rails application directory, typically under /usr/share/katello/app/controllers/proxies_controller.rb or within the CloudForms engine directory.Affected if The file exists and originates from a Katello version bundled with CloudForms <= 1.0
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Check for missing authorization logic in proxies_controller.rbInspect the proxies_controller.rb file for the consumer UUID parameter handling. Look for authorization checks around lines handling the 'consumer_uuid' or 'consumer' parameters. Search for patterns like 'authorize' or 'allowed?' or 'permission' near consumer UUID processing.Affected if No authorization checks are found before consumer UUID operations, allowing parameter manipulation
User is affected if Red Hat CloudForms version is 1.0 or lower AND the Katello proxies_controller.rb lacks proper permission validation for consumer UUID parameters.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to Red Hat CloudForms 1.1 or later which includes the patched Katello version with proper permission checks in proxies_controller.rb.
Fix this in Cloudforms
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA3.0 h
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