CVE-2023-3972
Insights-client: unsafe handling of temporary files and directories
HIGH 7.8
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.27 % · percentile 19 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
A vulnerability was found in insights-client. This security issue occurs because of insecure file operations or unsafe handling of temporary files and directories that lead to local privilege escalation. Before the insights-client has been registered on the system by root, an unprivileged local user or attacker could create the /var/tmp/insights-client directory (owning the directory with read, write, and execute permissions) on the system. After the insights-client is registered by root, an attacker could then control the directory content that insights are using by putting malicious scripts into it and executing arbitrary code as root (trivially bypassing SELinux protections because insights processes are allowed to disable SELinux system-wide).
Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6264
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6282
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6283
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6284
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6795
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6796
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6798
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6811
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-3972
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2227027
- https://github.com/RedHatInsights/insights-core/pull/3878
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | redhat |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2023-44597
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2023-3972
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:insights-client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*< 3.2.2cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_aus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_arm_64:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_arm_64_eus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_arm_64_eus:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_arm_64_eus:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_arm_64_eus:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_scientific_computing:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions:8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_for_power_little_endian_update_services_for_sap_solutions:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*- +11 more
Affected products
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |