RHEL 5 / 6 : Red Hat Network Proxy spacewalk-backend (RHSA-2012:0102)

high Nessus Plugin ID 64025

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for Red Hat Network Proxy spacewalk-backend.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2012:0102 advisory.

- Satellite, Spacewalk: RHN user password disclosure upon failed system registration (CVE-2012-0059)

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 Red Hat Network Proxy spacewalk-backend package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:0102.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?72e1b5e8

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0102

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=782819

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 64025

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

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/24/2013

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0059

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

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, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0059

BID: 51569

RHSA: 2012:0102