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
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.030 (86.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.030 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 6.0
- Red Hat Satellite — versions 5.4
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.osvdb.org/81481 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/52832 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74498 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/48664 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0436.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)