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CentOS Linux: CVE-2016-4455: Moderate: subscription-manager security, bug fix, and enhancement update (CESA-2017:0698)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Apr 14, 2017
Added
Aug 28, 2019
Modified
May 25, 2023

Description

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.

Solutions

centos-upgrade-python-rhsmcentos-upgrade-python-rhsm-certificatescentos-upgrade-python-rhsm-debuginfocentos-upgrade-subscription-managercentos-upgrade-subscription-manager-debuginfocentos-upgrade-subscription-manager-firstbootcentos-upgrade-subscription-manager-guicentos-upgrade-subscription-manager-migrationcentos-upgrade-subscription-manager-migration-datacentos-upgrade-subscription-manager-plugin-container
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