CVE-2016-4455
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-04-14 18:00
Modified
2024-08-06 00:32
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2592.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0698.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/26/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93926Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038083Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340525Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/blob/subscription-manager-1.17.7-1/subscription-manager.specThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/commit/9dec31Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2592.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0698.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/26/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93926Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038083Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340525Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/blob/subscription-manager-1.17.7-1/subscription-manager.specThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/commit/9dec31Patch, Third Party Advisory
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