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critical 9.8

CVE-2014-0234 json

The default configuration of broker.conf in Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.x before 2.1 has a password of "mooo" for a Mongo account, which…

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2014-0272

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.8%
EPSS 3.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The default configuration of broker.conf in Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2.x before 2.1 has a password of "mooo" for a Mongo account, which allows remote attackers to hijack the broker by providing this password, related to the openshift.sh script in Openshift Extras before 20130920. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2013-4253 and CVE-2013-4281.

Patch / fix

  • redhat openshift 2.1
  • gd openshift 2.0 2.0.35-11.el6
  • js openshift 2.0 1.70-12.el6op
  • v8 openshift 2.0 1:3.14.5.10-2.el6op
  • icu openshift 2.0 4.2.1-9.1.el6_2
  • php openshift 2.0 5.3.3-27.el6_5
  • rhc openshift 2.0 1.23.7.1-1.el6op
  • gdal openshift 2.0 1.9.2-8.el6op
  • geos openshift 2.0 3.3.2-1.el6op

red hat advisories RHBA-2014:0487

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red hat product security vex CVE-2014-0234 updated cvss 7.5

openshift-origin-broker: default password creation

  • Red Hat RHOSE Client 2.1 rhc 1.23.7.1-1.el6op, rubygems 1.8.24-6.el6op, rubygem-open4 1.3.0-2.el6op, rubygem-net-scp 1.1.2-2.el6op, rubygem-net-ssh 2.7.0-1.el6op, rubygem-commander 4.0.3-4.el6op, +7 more Red Hat RHOSE Infrastructure 2.1 js 1.70-12.el6op, libev 4.04-4.el6op, json-c 0.10-3.el6op, v8 3.14.5.10-2.el6op, libestr 0.1.5-1.el6op, mongodb 2.4.6-2.el6op, +114 more Red Hat RHOSE JBoss EAP add-on 2.1 openshift-origin-cartridge-jbosseap 2.16.3.4-1.el6op, openshift-origin-cartridge-dependencies-optional-jbosseap 1.23.3.1-1.el6op, openshift-origin-cartridge-dependencies-recommended-jbosseap 1.23.3.1-1.el6op Red Hat RHOSE Node 2.1 maven3 3.0.3-4, lcms 1.19-1.el6, gd 2.0.35-11.el6, js 1.70-12.el6op, atlas 3.8.4-2.el6, uuid 1.6.1-10.el6, +260 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHBA-2014:0487

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Exploit prediction

3.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • openwall.com http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/05/19 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-1188 Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default

References

Sources

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