CVE-2016-7075: It was found that Kubernetes as used by Openshift Enterprise 3 did not correctly validate X.509 client intermediate certificate host name fields. An attacker…

PriorityP347high8.1CVSS 3.0

AVNACHPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

1.57%

72.6th percentile

It was found that Kubernetes as used by Openshift Enterprise 3 did not correctly validate X.509 client intermediate certificate host name fields. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass authentication requirements by using a specially crafted X.509 certificate.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	kubernetes	< kubernetes 1.5.5+dfsg-1 (bookworm)	kubernetes 1.5.5+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
kubernetes	kubernetes	>= 0 < 1.5.5+dfsg-1	1.5.5+dfsg-1
kubernetes	kubernetes	>= 0 < 1.5.5+dfsg-1	1.5.5+dfsg-1
kubernetes	kubernetes	>= 0 < 1.5.5+dfsg-1	1.5.5+dfsg-1
kubernetes	kubernetes	>= 0 < 1.5.5+dfsg-1	1.5.5+dfsg-1
red_hat	openshift	—	—
redhat	openshift	—	—
redhat	openshift	—	—
redhat	openshift	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.08.1HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv8.1HIGH

vendor_debian7.5HIGH

vendor_redhat7.5HIGH

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