Information disclosure in Red Hat Satellite - CVE-2016-9593

 

Information disclosure in Red Hat Satellite - CVE-2016-9593

Published: February 27, 2018 / Updated: March 27, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10758
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9593
CWE-ID: CWE-522
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
Red Hat Satellite

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists in the foreman-debug's logging due to improper security restrictions. A local attacker with access to the foreman log file can view passwords that allow to access those systems.




How to mitigate CVE-2016-9593

Update to version 6.3.

Sources