What is CVE-2016-3728?

CVE-2016-3728 is a high-severity vulnerability in Theforeman Foreman, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-05-20.

How severe is CVE-2016-3728?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Theforeman Foreman

CVE-2016-3728

Eval injection vulnerability in tftp_api.rb in the TFTP module in the Smart-Proxy in Foreman before 1.10.4 and 1.11.x before 1.11.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the PXE template type portion of the PATH_INFO to tft…

EPSS: 0.020 (84.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Theforeman Foreman — versions 1.11.0, 1.11.1, 1.10.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
[oss-security] 20160519 CVE-2016-3728: remote code execution in Foreman smart proxy TFTP API (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
RHBA-2016:1501 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3728?: CVE-2016-3728 is a high-severity vulnerability in Theforeman Foreman, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-05-20.
How severe is CVE-2016-3728?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.