RHEL 5 / 6 : spacewalk-backend (RHSA-2012:0102)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64025

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated spacewalk-backend packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Network Proxy 5.4.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Red Hat Network (RHN) Proxy provides a mechanism for caching content, such as package updates from Red Hat or custom content created for an organization on an internal, centrally-located server.

If a user submitted a system registration XML-RPC call to an RHN Proxy server (for example, by running 'rhnreg_ks') and that call failed, their RHN user password was included in plain text in the error messages both stored in the server log and mailed to the server administrator. With this update, user passwords are excluded from these error messages to avoid the exposure of authentication credentials. (CVE-2012-0059)

Users of Red Hat Network Proxy are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue. For this update to take effect, Red Hat Network Proxy must be restarted. Refer to the Solution section for details.

Solution

Update the affected spacewalk-backend and / or spacewalk-backend-libs packages.

See Also

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-0059.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0102.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64025

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-0102.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/24/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-backend, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-backend-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0059

BID: 51569

RHSA: 2012:0102