RHEL 6 : katello in Subscription Asset Manager (RHSA-2012:1187)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64052

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated katello packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Katello allows you to manage the application life cycle for Linux systems. Katello is used by Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager, a distributor application for handling subscription information and software updates on client machines.

It was found that the katello-common package's installation script did not correctly generate the secret token used for session cookie generation, leading to every default installation using the same secret token. A remote attacker could use this flaw to create a cookie that would allow them to log into the Subscription Asset Manager web interface as any user, without knowing the passwords. (CVE-2012-3503)

All users of Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct this issue. For instructions on applying this update, refer to the Subscription Asset Manager Installation Guide, linked to in the References section.

Solution

Update the affected katello-common and / or katello-glue-candlepin packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ce2b1f20

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1187

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3503

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64052

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2012-1187.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/24/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:katello-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:katello-glue-candlepin, 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: 8/21/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3503

BID: 55140

RHSA: 2012:1187