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RHEL 6 : spacewalk-java (RHSA-2014:1184)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 234415
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for spacewalk-java.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2014:1184 advisory.Red Hat Satellite is a systems management tool for Linux-based infrastructures. It allows for provisioning, monitoring, and remote management of multiple Linux deployments with a single, centralized tool.
The spacewalk-java packages contain the code for the Java version of the Spacewalk Web site.
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the way spacewalk-java displayed log files. By sending a specially crafted request to Satellite, a remote attacker could embed HTML content into the log file, allowing them to inject malicious content into the web page that is used to view that log file. (CVE-2014-3595)
Red Hat would like to thank Ron Bowes of Google for reporting this issue.
All spacewalk-java users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
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 spacewalk-java package based on the guidance in RHSA-2014:1184.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1184
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 234415
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2014-1184.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/15/2025
Updated: 4/15/2025
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 2.3
Percentile: 8.69
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3595
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-java, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-java-config, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-java-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-java-oracle, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-java-postgresql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:spacewalk-taskomatic
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: 9/11/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-3595