CVE-2012-5562

HIGH

Red Hat Satellite < 5.6 - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information via rhn-proxy

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A flaw was found in rhn-proxy. This vulnerability may allow the rhn-proxy to transmit user credentials in clear-text when it accesses RHN Satellite. This could lead to information disclosure, where sensitive authentication details are exposed to unauthorized parties.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5562
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5562
Vdb Entry, X_Refsource_Redhat vdb-entry x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5562

Scores

CVSS v3 8.6
EPSS 0.0061
EPSS Percentile 70.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-319
Status published
Products (2)
Red Hat/Red Hat Satellite 6
redhat/satellite < 5.6
Published Dec 02, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026