Check Point Advisories

Katello update_roles Privilege Escalation (CVE-2013-2143)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2014-1581
Date Published:	29 May 2014
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Thursday 05 June, 2014
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2013-2143
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	Katello 1.5.0-14 and earlier
Vulnerability Description	A privilege escalation vulnerability has been reported in Katello. The vulnerability is due to a missing authorization at the "update_roles" action of "users" controller. A remote authenticated attacker may exploit this vulnerability to gain administrator privileges.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Katello update_roles Privilege Escalation protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Application Servers Protection Violation.
Attack Information: Katello update_roles Privilege Escalation