CVE-2012-6116
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
2.1
Description
modules/certs/manifests/config.pp in katello-configure before 1.3.3.pulpv2 in Katello uses weak permissions (666) for the Candlepin bootstrap RPM, which allows local users to modify the Candlepin CA certificate by writing to this 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 | - | |
| katello | katello-configure | {"endIncluding":"1.3.2_pulpv2"} | |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0547.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0686.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52774
- https://github.com/Katello/katello/commits/master/katello-configure/katello-configure.spec
- https://github.com/jsomara/katello/commit/65f1e42b7bda0f3410931c50598540d944d8bf0d
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0547.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0686.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52774
- https://github.com/Katello/katello/commits/master/katello-configure/katello-configure.spec
- https://github.com/jsomara/katello/commit/65f1e42b7bda0f3410931c50598540d944d8bf0d
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.