UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7537

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7537

    Published: 26 Jul 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-7537
    Aliases:
    USN-7146-1

    Summary:

    Details: It was found that a mock CMC authentication plugin with a hardcoded secret was accidentally enabled by default in the pki-core package before 10.6.4. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to bypass the regular authentication process and trick the CA server into issuing certificates.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7537, https://github.com/dogtagpki/pki/commit/876d13c6d20e7e1235b9, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1470817, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7537, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7146-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: dogtag-pki

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+git20160317-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -10.2.6+git20160317-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    10.2.6-1
    10.2.6-2
    10.2.6-3
    10.2.6+git20160317-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High