Description
The users controller in Katello 1.5.0-14 and earlier, and Red Hat Satellite, does not check authorization for the update_roles action, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by setting a user account to an administrator account.
Public exploits
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Metasploit 1 module
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Katello (Red Hat Satellite) users/update_roles Missing Authorization
auxiliary/admin/http/katello_satellite_priv_esc
Exploit-DB 1
- Katello (RedHat Satellite) - users/update_roles Missing Authorisation (Metasploit) EDB-32515 · remote · Mar 26, 2014 · verified
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