CVE-2016-4985

Description

The ironic-api service in OpenStack Ironic before 4.2.5 (Liberty) and 5.x before 5.1.2 (Mitaka) allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about a registered node by leveraging knowledge of the MAC address of a network card belonging to that node and sending a crafted POST request to the v1/drivers/$DRIVER_NAME/vendor_passthru resource.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.79% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory launchpad.net
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://review.openstack.org/332197
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ironic/+bug/1572796 vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/21/6 mailing list
https://review.openstack.org/332195
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1378 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1377 vendor advisory
https://review.openstack.org/332196

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-4985?
CVE-2016-4985 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-4985?
To fix CVE-2016-4985, 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-2016-4985 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-4985 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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