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CVE-2016-9885: An issue was discovered in Pivotal GemFire for PCF 1.6.x versions prior to 1.6.5 and 1.7.x versions prior t...

An issue was discovered in Pivotal GemFire for PCF 1.6.x versions prior to 1.6.5 and 1.7.x versions prior to 1.7.1. The gfsh (Geode Shell) endpoint, used by operators and application developers to connect to their cluster, is unauthenticated and publicly accessible. Because HTTPS communications are terminated at the gorouter, communications from the gorouter to GemFire clusters are unencrypted. An attacker could run any command available on gfsh and could cause denial of service, lost confidentiality of data, escalate privileges, or eavesdrop on other communications between the gorouter and the cluster.

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CVE-2016-9885 exposes a GemFire for PCF administrative shell endpoint without authentication and with unencrypted backend traffic. If reachable, an attacker could use operator-level shell functions, disrupt service, view data, escalate privileges, or eavesdrop on gorouter-to-cluster communications. Exposure is limited to deployments running the affected GemFire for PCF release lines where the gfsh endpoint is publicly reachable. Internet or broad network reachability increases urgency. Prioritize remediation for any exposed affected deployment. The issue affects administrative access and cluster confidentiality, so business impact can include outage, data exposure, and privilege escalation. Mitigation focus: Upgrade GemFire for PCF 1.6.x to 1.6.5 or later.; Upgrade GemFire for PCF 1.7.x to 1.7.1 or later.; Review Pivotal vendor guidance for supported configuration remediation..

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n/aGemFire for PCF 1.6.x versions prior to 1.6.5 and 1.7.x versions prior to 1.7.1GemFire for PCF 1.6.x versions prior to 1.6.5 and 1.7.x versions prior to 1.7.1Listed
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