Description
Red Hat CloudForms 3.2 Management Engine (CFME) 5.4.4 and CloudForms 4.0 Management Engine (CFME) 5.5.0 do not properly encrypt data in the backend PostgreSQL database, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive data and consequently gain privileges by leveraging access to (1) database exports or (2) log files.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat CloudForms 5 | cfme +3 | 5.4.4.2-1.el6cf | RHSA-2015:2620, RHSA-2015:2551 |
| Red Hat CloudForms 5 | prince | 9.0r2-10.el7cf | RHSA-2015:2551 |
| Red Hat CloudForms 5 | rh-ruby22-rubygem-bcrypt | 3.1.10-3.el7cf | RHSA-2015:2551 |
| Red Hat CloudForms 5 | rh-ruby22-rubygem-escape_utils | 1.1.0-2.el7cf | RHSA-2015:2551 |
| Red Hat CloudForms 5 | rh-ruby22-rubygem-eventmachine | 1.0.7-6.el7cf | RHSA-2015:2551 |
| Red Hat CloudForms 5 | rh-ruby22-rubygem-ffi | 1.9.8-4.el7cf | RHSA-2015:2551 |
| Red Hat CloudForms 5 | rh-ruby22-rubygem-json | 1.8.2-9.el7cf | RHSA-2015:2551 |
| Red Hat CloudForms 5 | rh-ruby22-rubygem-memory_buffer +1 | 0.1.0-2.el7cf | RHSA-2015:2551 |
| Red Hat CloudForms 5 | rh-ruby22-rubygem-net_app_manageability | 0.1.0-3.el7cf | RHSA-2015:2551 |
| Red Hat CloudForms 5 | rh-ruby22-rubygem-nokogiri | 1.6.6.2-3.el7cf | RHSA-2015:2551 |
| Red Hat CloudForms 5 | rh-ruby22-rubygem-pg | 0.18.2-2.el7cf | RHSA-2015:2551 |
| Red Hat CloudForms 5 | rh-ruby22-rubygem-psych | 2.0.13-4.el7cf | RHSA-2015:2551 |
| Red Hat CloudForms 5 | rh-ruby22-rubygem-puma | 2.13.4-2.el7cf | RHSA-2015:2551 |
| Red Hat CloudForms 5 | rh-ruby22-rubygem-redhat_access_cfme | 0.0.7-1.el7cf | RHSA-2015:2551 |
| Red Hat CloudForms 5 | rh-ruby22-rubygem-redhat_access_lib | 0.0.6-1.el7cf | RHSA-2015:2551 |
| Red Hat CloudForms 5 | rh-ruby22-rubygem-thin | 1.6.3-2.el7cf | RHSA-2015:2551 |
| Red Hat CloudForms 5 | rh-ruby22-rubygem-unf_ext +1 | 0.0.7.1-3.el7cf | RHSA-2015:2551 |
| Red Hat CloudForms 5 | wmi | 1.3.14-6.el7cf | RHSA-2015:2551 |
Advisories 2
- RHSA-2015:2620 Red Hat Security Advisory: CFME 5.4.4 bug fixes, and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 27, 2026
- RHSA-2015:2551 Red Hat Security Advisory: CFME 5.5.0 bug fixes and enhancement update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 27, 2026
References
- RHSA-2015:2551 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2015:2620 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1283019