CVE-2017-2667: Improper Certificate Validation

March 12, 2018 (updated October 9, 2019)

Hammer CLI, a CLI utility for Foreman, does not explicitly set the verify_ssl flag for apipie-bindings. As a result the server certificates are not checked and connections are prone to man-in-the-middle attacks.

References

projects.theforeman.org/issues/19033
www.securityfocus.com/bid/97153
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1436262
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2667

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