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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2012-2679

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2012-2679

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
10/22/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/17/2015
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

Red Hat Network (RHN) Configuration Client (rhncfg-client) in rhncfg before 5.10.27-8 uses weak permissions (world-readable) for /var/log/rhncfg-actions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information about the rhncfg-client actions by reading the file.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-rhn-virtualization-common
  • suse-upgrade-rhn-virtualization-host
  • suse-upgrade-rhncfg
  • suse-upgrade-rhncfg-actions
  • suse-upgrade-rhncfg-client
  • suse-upgrade-rhncfg-management

References

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