CVE-2012-2679
First published: Fri May 25 2012(Updated: )
It was discovered that Red Hat Network Configuration Client set insecure (0644) permissions on the /var/log/rhncfg-actions file used to store (besides terminal) the output of different RHN Client actions (diff, verify etc.). A local attacker could use this flaw to obtain sensitive information, if the rhncfg-client diff action has been used to query differences between the (normally for unprivileged user not readable) config files stored by RHN and those, deployed on the system.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat Rhncfg | <=5.10.27 |
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Reference Links
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1369.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50978
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55934
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027661
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=825275
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79260
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2679
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=832037
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1369.html
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- alias/CVE-2012-2679
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- canonical/redhat rhncfg
- version/redhat rhncfg/5.10.27