Security Advisory - Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in the Backup Function of GaussDB
- SA No:huawei-sa-20170531-03-gaussdb
- Initial Release Date: May 31, 2017
- Last Release Date: May 31, 2017
The backup function of GaussDB has an authentication bypass vulnerability. An attacker with low privilege may bypass the authentication of the backup function of database to start or stop the backup function, causing the backup function abnormal. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2017-05044)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-1901.
Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link:
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20170531-03-gaussdb-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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FusionSphere OpenStack |
V100R005C00SPC100 and earlier versions |
Upgrade to V100R005C10SPC700 |
An attacker could exploit the vulnerability to cause the backup function of GaussDB abnormal.
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Temporal Score: 4.0 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
1. An attacker could access the GaussDB.
Vulnerability details:
An attacker with low privilege may bypass the authentication of the backup function of database to start or stop the backup function, causing the backup function abnormal.
Customers should contact Huawei TAC (Huawei Technical Assistance Center) to request the upgrades. For TAC contact information, please refer to Huawei worldwide website at http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/report-vulnerabilities.
This vulnerability was discovered by Huawei internal tester.
2017-05-31 V1.0 INITIAL
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