CVE-2013-6439

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2013-12-19
CWE:
CWE-807->CWE-290
Bugzilla:
1042677: CVE-2013-6439 candlepin: insecure authentication enabled by default

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Candlepin in Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1.0 through 1.3 uses a weak authentication scheme when the configuration file does not specify a scheme, which has unspecified impact and attack vectors.

Find out more about CVE-2013-6439 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 9
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1.3 (candlepin) RHSA-2013:1863 2013-12-19

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Satellite 6 candlepin Not affected

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Adrian Likins of RedHat.

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