PT-2012-4176 · Red Hat · Rhncfg-Client

Paul Wouters · Published 2012-10-22 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-2679

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Red Hat Network (RHN) Configuration Client (rhncfg-client) versions prior to 5.10.27-8

Description The issue allows local users to obtain sensitive information about the rhncfg-client actions by reading the /var/log/rhncfg-actions file due to weak permissions.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.10.27-8, update to version 5.10.27-8 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-2679

RHSA-2012:1369

Affected Products

Rhncfg-Client

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2679 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50978 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1369.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1027661 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=825275 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79260 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/55934 · Note