Security Advisory SA50978 - Red Hat update for rhncfg

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Secunia Advisory SA50978

Red Hat update for rhncfg

Secunia Advisory

SA50978

Release Date

2012-10-16

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Criticality level

Not critical

Impact

Exposure of sensitive information

Where

Local system

Authentication level

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Solution Status

Vendor Patch

Systems affected

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Remediation status

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Automated scanning

Secunia CSI, Secunia PSI

Operating System

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

Software:

Red Hat Network Satellite Server 5.x

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CVE Reference(s)

CVE-2012-2679 CVSS score available to Secunia VIM customers

Description

Red Hat has issued an update for rhncfg. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to disclose sensitive information.

The security issue is caused due to the /var/log/rhncfg-actions file having world-readable permissions and can be exploited to disclose certain configuration information.

Solution
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
Further details available to Secunia VIM customers

Provided and/or discovered by
Paul Wouters, Red Hat.

Original Advisory
RHSA-2012:1369-1:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1369.html

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Red Hat update for rhncfg

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