Vulnerability in Theforeman Katello
CVE-2012-3503
The installation script in Katello 1.0 and earlier does not properly generate the Application.config.secret_token value, which causes each default installation to have the same secret token, and allows remote attackers to authenticate to the CloudForms System Engine web interface as an arbitrary user by creating a cookie using the default secret_token.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.030 (87.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.3% 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
- Theforeman Katello
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 6.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/50344 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1187.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/55140 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
- github.com/Katello/katello/pull/499 (Issue Tracking)
- github.com/Katello/katello/commit/7c256fef9d75029d0ffff58ff1dcda915056d3a3 (Patch)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1186.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-3503?
- CVE-2012-3503 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Theforeman Katello, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2012-08-25.
- How severe is CVE-2012-3503?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.