RHEL 6 : katello (RHSA-2012:1186)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 193980

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for katello.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1186 advisory.

- Katello: Application.config.secret_token is not generated properly (CVE-2012-3503)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL katello package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:1186.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

http://www.nessus.org/u?c8beafe8

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=849210

http://www.nessus.org/u?80b504db

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1186

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 193980

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-1186.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/27/2024

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-3503

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:katello, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:katello-all, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:katello-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:katello-glue-candlepin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:katello-glue-foreman, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:katello-glue-pulp

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/21/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/21/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3503

RHSA: 2012:1186