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CVE-2009-4139

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Spacewalk Java site packages (aka spacewalk-java) 1.2.39 in Spacewalk, as used in the server in Red Hat Network Satellite 5.3.0 through 5.4.1 and other products, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests that (1) disable the current user account, (2) add user accounts, or (3) modify user accounts to have administrator privileges.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2009-4139 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from redhat, from redhat organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2011, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2011-07-27T02:55:01.243

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-352

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	redhat	network_satellite_server	5.3.0	Yes
Application	redhat	network_satellite_server	5.4.0	Yes
Application	redhat	network_satellite_server	5.4.1	Yes
Application	redhat	spacewalk-java	1.2.39	Yes

References

http://securitytracker.com/id?1025674 ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0879.html Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529483 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68074 ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025674 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0879.html Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529483 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68074 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

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