CVE-2015-1842

Description

The puppet manifests in the Red Hat openstack-puppet-modules package before 2014.2.13-2 uses a default password of CHANGEME for the pcsd daemon, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands via unspecified vectors.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 6.72% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0791.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201875
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74049 vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0831.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0832.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0789.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0830.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-1842?
CVE-2015-1842 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-1842?
To fix CVE-2015-1842, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-1842 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2015-1842 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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