What is CVE-2017-7513?

CVE-2017-7513 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Satellite, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-08-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-7513?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Red Hat Satellite

CVE-2017-7513

It was found that Satellite 5 configured with SSL/TLS for the PostgreSQL backend failed to correctly validate X.509 server certificate host name fields. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to spoof a PostgreSQL server using a specially crafted X.509 certificate.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.005 (39.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Red Hat Satellite — versions 5
Redhat Satellite — versions 5.0, 5.1.1, 5.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
nvd@nist.gov (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7513?: CVE-2017-7513 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Satellite, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2018-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-7513?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.