Red Hat yum-rhn-plugin loginAuth.pkl access control

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A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat yum-rhn-plugin (unknown version) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the file /var/spool/up2date/loginAuth.pkl. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

yum-rhn-plugin in Red Hat Network Client Tools (aka rhn-client-tools) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora uses world-readable permissions for the /var/spool/up2date/loginAuth.pkl file, which allows local users to access the Red Hat Network profile, and possibly prevent future security updates, by leveraging authentication data from this file.

The weakness was shared 06/02/2010 with Red Hat as Bug 585386 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-1439 since 04/15/2010. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 46780 (RHEL 5 : rhn-client-tools (RHSA-2010:0449)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks.

A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (46780).

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 46780
Nessus Name: RHEL 5 : rhn-client-tools (RHSA-2010:0449)
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OpenVAS ID: 870273
OpenVAS Name: RedHat Update for rhn-client-tools RHSA-2010:0449-01
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Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: Bug 585386
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-1439 (🔍)
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X-Force: 59114
SecurityTracker: 1024049 - Red Hat Network Client Tools Lets Local Users Obtain RHN Access Password
Vulnerability Center: 25977 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Network Client Tools Local Security Bypass Vulnerability, Low
SecurityFocus: 40492 - Red Hat Client Tools 'loginAuth.pkl' Local Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 39996
OSVDB: 65063 - Red Hat rhn-client-tools /var/spool/up2date/loginAuth.pkl Insecure File Permissions
Vupen: ADV-2010-1311

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Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/14/2021 17:47
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (70), 09/14/2017 10:59 (11), 09/14/2021 17:33 (3), 09/14/2021 17:40 (1), 09/14/2021 17:47 (1)
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