CVE-2012-1145

Redhat Satellite - Authentication Bypass

Title source: rule

Description

spacewalk-backend in Red Hat Network Satellite 5.4 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 does not properly authorize or authenticate uploads to the NULL organization when mod_wsgi is used, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (/var partition disk consumption and failed updates) via a large number of package uploads.

References (6)

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0436.html

[Broken Link] http://secunia.com/advisories/48664

[Broken Link] http://www.osvdb.org/81481

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52832

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026873

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74498

Scores

EPSS 0.0179

EPSS Percentile 82.6%

Classification

CWE

CWE-287

Status draft

Affected Products (1)

redhat/satellite

Timeline

Published Jun 16, 2012

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026