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CVE-2016-4455

The Subscription Manager package (aka subscription-manager) before 1.17.7-1 for Candlepin uses weak permissions (755) for subscription-manager cache directories, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading files in the directories.

Published

2017-04-14T18:59:00.297

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 3.3 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	7.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_hpc_node	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_hpc_node	7.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	7.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	7.0	Yes
Application	redhat	subscription-manager	≤ 1.17.6-1	Yes

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2592.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0698.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/26/5 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93926 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038083 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340525 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/blob/subscription-manager-1.17.7-1/subscription-manager.spec Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/commit/9dec31 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2592.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0698.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/26/5 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93926 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038083 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340525 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/blob/subscription-manager-1.17.7-1/subscription-manager.spec Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/commit/9dec31 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)