Security readout for executives and security teams
This issue lets an attacker abuse a victim’s browser to repeatedly request downloadable server log files from vulnerable admin-cli deployments. The main business risk is degraded availability, not data theft or system takeover. It requires user interaction and is rated medium by the source data. Exposure is most likely in environments running affected admin-cli versions with the EAP log download feature reachable by a user’s browser. The supplied sources do not identify broader affected products beyond admin-cli and Red Hat advisories. Treat as a moderate availability issue. Prioritize remediation where administrative interfaces are reachable by browsers used by staff or where log-download requests could stress production systems. Mitigation focus: Update admin-cli to a fixed version for the relevant branch.; Review the linked Red Hat advisories for package-specific remediation.; Limit access to administrative log-download functions to trusted users and networks..
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- Medium
- CVSS
- 4.3 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L2.81.4Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
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4.3MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8627CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- RHSA-2017:3458CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2017:3455CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2017:3456CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2017:3454CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
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