CVE-2016-4455

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

The Subscription Manager package (aka subscription-manager) before 1.17.7-1 for Candlepin uses weak permissions (755) for subscription-manager cache directories, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading files in the directories.

The Subscription Manager package (aka subscription-manager) before 1.17.7-1 for Candlepin uses weak permissions (755) for subscription-manager cache directories, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading files in the directories.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 3.3. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 7 years ago

2017-04-14 18:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-04-25 15:44:00

Affected Software

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0

6.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0

7.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 6.0

6.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 7.0

7.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0

6.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0

7.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0

6.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0

7.0

References

RHSA-2016:2592

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

RHSA-2017:0698

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

[oss-security] 20161026 CVE-2016-4455: subscription-manager: incorrect permisions in /var/lib/rhsm/

Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory

93926

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

1038083

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340525

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/blob/subscription-manager-1.17.7-1/subscription-manager.spec

Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/commit/9dec31

Patch, Third Party Advisory

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