CVE-2010-1439
yum-rhn-plugin in Red Hat Network Client Tools (aka rhn-client-tools) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora uses world-readable permissions for the /var/spool/up2date/loginAuth.pkl file, which allows local users to access the Red Hat Network…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
yum-rhn-plugin in Red Hat Network Client Tools (aka rhn-client-tools) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora uses world-readable permissions for the /var/spool/up2date/loginAuth.pkl file, which allows local users to access the Red Hat Network profile, and possibly prevent future security updates, by leveraging authentication data from this file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.6 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 32th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- redhat/yum-rhn-plugin
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39996Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024049
- http://www.osvdb.org/65063
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0449.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40492
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1311Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585386
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59114
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9232
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39996Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024049
- http://www.osvdb.org/65063
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0449.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40492
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1311Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=585386
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59114
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9232
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.