CVE-2012-6116

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2013-02-21
Bugzilla:
906207: CVE-2012-6116 Candlepin: bootstrap RPM deploys CA certificate file with mode 666

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2012-6116 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.6
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat CloudForms System Engine 1 (candlepin) RHSA-2013:0547 2013-02-21
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1.2 (candlepin) RHSA-2013:0686 2013-03-26

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Dominic Cleal and James Laska of Red Hat.

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