Auth bypass in Red Hat Enterprise Linux
CVE-2012-1145
spacewalk-backend in Red Hat Network Satellite 5.4 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 does not properly authorize or authenticate uploads to the NULL organization when mod_wsgi is used, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (/var partition disk consumption and failed updates) via a large number of package uploads.
Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication
EPSS: 0.030 (86.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 6.0
- Redhat Satellite — versions 5.4
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)