RHEL 6 : katello (RHSA-2012:1187)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 64052

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for katello.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2012:1187 advisory.

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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL katello package based on the guidance in RHSA-2012:1187.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 64052

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

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 1/24/2013

Updated: 11/4/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-3503

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:katello-glue-candlepin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:katello, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:katello-common

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

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