Medium severity · published Jul 28, 2022
CVE-2022-2553
The authfile directive in the booth config file is ignored, preventing use of authentication in communications from node to node
6.5
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The authfile directive in the booth config file is ignored, preventing use of authentication in communications from node to node. As a result, nodes that do not have the correct authentication key are not prevented from communicating with other nodes in the cluster.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 71% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BO
Booth · Clusterlabs
through 1.0 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
35; 36 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2553
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2553
Patch
https://github.com/ClusterLabs/booth/commit/35bf0b7b048d715f671eb68974fb6b4af6528c67
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J4T4TTXAABVUCMPUL7XQ2PH5EYYOOQZY/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OHDOFX7NQFH3UGZZA3SGW5SVMDDHIUVD/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5194
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