Red Hat rhncfg 5.10.27 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Red Hat rhncfg 5.10.27. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-2679. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat rhncfg 5.10.27. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Red Hat Network (RHN) Configuration Client (rhncfg-client) in rhncfg before 5.10.27-8 uses weak permissions (world-readable) for /var/log/rhncfg-actions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information about the rhncfg-client actions by reading the file.

The weakness was shared 10/22/2012 by Paul with Red Hat as Bug 825275 as confirmed bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-2679 since 05/14/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 78937 (RHEL 5 / 6 : rhncfg (RHSA-2012:1369)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 5.10.27 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (79260), Tenable (78937), SecurityFocus (BID 55934†), Secunia (SA50978†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1027661†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 78937
Nessus Name: RHEL 5 / 6 : rhncfg (RHSA-2012:1369)
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OpenVAS ID: 865302
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for rhncfg FEDORA-2013-1229
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: rhncfg 5.10.27

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05/14/2012 🔍
10/15/2012 +154 days 🔍
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10/16/2012 +1 days 🔍
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10/22/2012 +6 days 🔍
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02/12/2013 +113 days 🔍
11/07/2014 +633 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +137 days 🔍
12/19/2021 +2462 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: Bug 825275
Researcher: Paul
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-2679 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2679
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-62729
X-Force: 79260
SecurityFocus: 55934 - Red Hat Network Configuration Client Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability
Secunia: 50978 - Red Hat update for rhncfg, Not Critical
SecurityTracker: 1027661 - Red Hat Network Configuration Client Discloses Potentially Sensitive Information to Local Users
Vulnerability Center: 38362 - Red Hat Network Configuration Client (rhncfg-client) Before 5.10.27-8 Local Information Discloser, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/19/2021 13:51
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (70), 04/24/2017 14:54 (12), 12/19/2021 13:51 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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