Advisory Details

January 3rd, 2018

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Moonshot Provisioning Manager Appliance server_response Directory Traversal Denial Of Service Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2017-8977
CVSS SCORE	8.5, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	Hewlett Packard Enterprise
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Moonshot Provisioning Manager
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files on vulnerable installations of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Moonshot Provisioning Manager. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the server_response.py file. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to overwrite any file accessible to the root user and create a denial-of-service condition.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Hewlett Packard Enterprise has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03803en_us
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2017-07-05 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2018-01-03 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	rgod

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