CVE-2013-4480

Impact:
Critical
Public Date:
2013-11-12
CWE:
CWE-862
Bugzilla:
1024614: CVE-2013-4480 Satellite: Interface to create the initial administrator user remains open after installation

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Red Hat Satellite 5.6 and earlier does not disable the web interface that is used to create the first user for a satellite, which allows remote attackers to create administrator accounts.

Find out more about CVE-2013-4480 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 7.5
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
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 Satellite 5.4 (RHEL v.5) (spacewalk-java) RHSA-2013:1514 2013-11-12
Red Hat Satellite 5.4 (RHEL v.6) (spacewalk-java) RHSA-2013:1514 2013-11-12
Red Hat Satellite 5.3 (RHEL v.5) (spacewalk-java) RHSA-2013:1514 2013-11-12
Red Hat Satellite 5.5 (RHEL v.6) (spacewalk-java) RHSA-2013:1514 2013-11-12
Red Hat Satellite 5.5 (RHEL v.5) (spacewalk-java) RHSA-2013:1514 2013-11-12
Red Hat Satellite 5.2 (RHEL v.5) (rhn-java-sat) RHSA-2013:1513 2013-11-12
Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.6) (spacewalk-java) RHSA-2013:1514 2013-11-12
Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.5) (spacewalk-java) RHSA-2013:1514 2013-11-12

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Satellite 5.6 Server Affected
Red Hat Satellite 5.5 Server Affected
Red Hat Satellite 5.4 Server Affected
Red Hat Satellite 5.3 Server Affected
Red Hat Satellite 5.2 Server Affected

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Andrew Spurrier of Red Hat.

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