CVE-2019-11270: UAA clients.write vulnerability
Severity
High
Vendor
Pivotal Cloud Foundry
Description
Pivotal Application Service (2.3.x versions prior to 2.3.15, 2.4.x versions prior to 2.4.11, 2.5.x versions prior to 2.5.7, and 2.6.x versions prior to 2.6.2), Pivotal Container Service (1.3.x versions prior to 1.3.8, and 1.4.x versions prior to 1.4.2) and Pivotal Ops Manager (2.3.x versions prior to 2.3.22, 2.4.x versions prior to 2.4.16, 2.5.x versions prior to 2.5.10, and 2.6.x versions prior to 2.6.4) contain a dependency on a vulnerable version of Cloud Foundry UAA where a malicious client possessing the ‘clients.write’ authority or scope can bypass the restrictions imposed and create clients with arbitrary scopes that the creator does not possess.
Affected VMware Products and Versions
Severity is high unless otherwise noted.
- Pivotal Application Service (PAS)
- 2.3.x versions prior to 2.3.15
- 2.4.x versions prior to 2.4.11
- 2.5.x versions prior to 2.5.7
- 2.6.x versions prior to 2.6.2
- Pivotal Container Service (PKS)
- 1.3.x versions prior to 1.3.8
- 1.4.x versions prior to 1.4.2
- Pivotal Ops Manager
- 2.3.x versions prior to 2.3.22
- 2.4.x versions prior to 2.4.16
- 2.5.x versions prior to 2.5.10
- 2.6.x versions prior to 2.6.4
Mitigation
Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation:
- Pivotal Application Service (PAS)
- 2.3.15
- 2.4.11
- 2.5.7
- 2.6.2
- Pivotal Container Service (PKS)
- 1.3.8
- 1.4.2
- Pivotal Ops Manager
- 2.3.22
- 2.4.16
- 2.5.10
- 2.6.4
References
- https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/CVE-2019-11270/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=cve-2019-11270
History
2019-08-01: Initial vulnerability report published.
2019-08-09: Updated description for clarity.
2019-08-20: Updated impacted products and description.