UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7537

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7537
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7537.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7537
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Published
2018-07-26T13:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:11Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

It was found that a mock CMC authentication plugin with a hardcoded secret was accidentally enabled by default in the pki-core package before 10.6.4. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to bypass the regular authentication process and trick the CA server into issuing certificates.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / dogtag-pki

Package

Name
dogtag-pki
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/dogtag-pki@10.2.6+git20160317-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
10.2.6+git20160317-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

10.*

10.2.6-1
10.2.6-2
10.2.6-3
10.2.6+git20160317-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "dogtag-pki",
            "binary_version": "10.2.6+git20160317-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dogtag-pki-console-theme",
            "binary_version": "10.2.6+git20160317-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "dogtag-pki-server-theme",
            "binary_version": "10.2.6+git20160317-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsymkey-java",
            "binary_version": "10.2.6+git20160317-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsymkey-jni",
            "binary_version": "10.2.6+git20160317-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pki-base",
            "binary_version": "10.2.6+git20160317-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pki-ca",
            "binary_version": "10.2.6+git20160317-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pki-console",
            "binary_version": "10.2.6+git20160317-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pki-javadoc",
            "binary_version": "10.2.6+git20160317-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pki-kra",
            "binary_version": "10.2.6+git20160317-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pki-ocsp",
            "binary_version": "10.2.6+git20160317-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pki-server",
            "binary_version": "10.2.6+git20160317-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pki-tks",
            "binary_version": "10.2.6+git20160317-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pki-tools",
            "binary_version": "10.2.6+git20160317-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pki-tps",
            "binary_version": "10.2.6+git20160317-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "pki-tps-client",
            "binary_version": "10.2.6+git20160317-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}