Description
It was discovered that a world-readable log file belonging to Candlepin component of Red Hat Satellite 6.4 leaked the credentials of the Candlepin database. A malicious user with local access to a Satellite host can use those credentials to modify the database and prevent Satellite from fetching package updates, thus preventing all Satellite hosts from accessing those updates.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3891
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1222
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0004
EPSS Percentile
12.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-532
Status
published
Products (1)
redhat/satellite
6.4
Published
Apr 15, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026