CVE-2012-5561
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
2.1
Description
script/katello-generate-passphrase in Katello 1.1 uses world-readable permissions for /etc/katello/secure/passphrase, which allows local users to obtain the passphrase by reading the file.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| katello | katello | 1.1 | |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0544.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0547.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=879094
- https://github.com/Katello/katello/pull/1349
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0544.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0547.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=879094
- https://github.com/Katello/katello/pull/1349
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.