Vulnerability · Published Jul 28, 2022 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2022-2553
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity improper authentication in Booth. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.3% (higher than 71% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 29.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The authfile directive in the booth config file is ignored, preventing use of authentication in communications from node to node. As a result, nodes that do not have the correct authentication key are not prevented from communicating with other nodes in the cluster.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | booth | 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1 | ALSA-2022:6439 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | booth | 1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1 | ALSA-2022:6580 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | booth-arbitrator | 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1 | ALSA-2022:6439 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | booth-arbitrator | 1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1 | ALSA-2022:6580 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | booth-core | 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1 | ALSA-2022:6439 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | booth-core | 1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1 | ALSA-2022:6580 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | booth-site | 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1 | ALSA-2022:6439 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | booth-site | 1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1 | ALSA-2022:6580 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | booth-test | 1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1 | ALSA-2022:6439 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | booth-test | 1.0-251.3.bfb2f92.git.el9_0.1 | ALSA-2022:6580 |
| Debian:12 | booth | 1.0-268-gdce51f9-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2553 |
| Debian:13 | booth | 1.0-268-gdce51f9-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2553 |
| Debian:14 | booth | 1.0-268-gdce51f9-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-2553 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | booth | 0:1.0-199.1.ac1d34c.git.el8_6.1 | RLSA-2022:6439 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | booth | 1.0-237-gdd88847-4ubuntu2.2 | USN-5556-1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | booth | 1.0-237-gdd88847-4ubuntu2.2 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2553 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | booth | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2553 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-287
References
- https://github.com/ClusterLabs/booth/commit/35bf0b7b048d715f671eb68974fb6b4af6528c67
- DSA-5194 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2022-e0a87993b8 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2022-6744980220 vendor-advisory