CVE-2016-7078 (GCVE-0-2016-7078)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-10 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:50
VLAI
Summary
foreman before version 1.15.0 is vulnerable to an information leak through organizations and locations feature. When a user is assigned _no_ organizations/locations, they are able to view all resources instead of none (mirroring an administrator's view). The user's actions are still limited by their assigned permissions, e.g. to control viewing, editing and deletion.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Foreman foreman Affected: 1.15.0
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Date Public
2016-10-18 00:00
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            ],
            "source": "secalert@redhat.com",
            "type": "Secondary"
          },
          {
            "description": [
              {
                "lang": "en",
                "value": "CWE-200"
              }
            ],
            "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
            "type": "Primary"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "Low",
      "current_release_date": "2026-06-30T11:51:07+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2016-7078",
      "id": "CVE-2016-7078",
      "initial_release_date": "2016-10-18T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "276",
      "product_status:known_affected": "3",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "foreman: Information leak through organizations and locations feature",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-7078.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

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