CVE-2017-4991: UAA password reset vulnerability

Severity

High

Vendor

Cloud Foundry Foundation

cf-release versions prior to v260
UAA release:
- 2.x versions prior to v2.7.4.16
- 3.6.x versions prior to v3.6.10
- 3.9.x versions prior to v3.9.12
- Other versions prior to v3.17.0
UAA bosh release (uaa-release):
- 13.x versions prior to v13.14
- 24.x versions prior to v24.9
- 30.x versions prior to 30.2
- Other versions prior to v36

Privileged users in one zone are allowed to perform reset password for users in a different zone.

Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation or upgrade:

Please note: A foundation is affected by this issue only if it is utilizing multiple zones in UAA.
Upgrade to Cloud Foundry v260 [1] or later

For standalone UAA users:

For users using UAA Version 3.0.0 – 3.14.0, please upgrade to UAA Release to v3.17.0 [2] or v3.9.12 [3] or v3.6.10 [4]
For users using standalone UAA Version 2.X.X, please upgrade to UAA Release to v2.7.4.16 [5]
For users using UAA-Release (UAA bosh release), please upgrade to UAA-Release v30.2 [6] if upgrading to v3.17.0 [2] or v24.9 [7] if upgrading to v3.9.12 [3] and v13.14 [8] if upgrading to v3.6.10 [4]
For users using the latest version, please upgrade to v36 [9].

This vulnerability was responsibly reported by the GE Digital Security Team.

2017-05-17: Initial vulnerability report published

2017-05-17: Description and title updated

2017-11-21: Updated mitigation with information about zones