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CVE-2012-6116
modules/certs/manifests/config.pp in katello-configure before 1.3.3.pulpv2 in Katello uses weak permissions (666) for the Candlepin…
Low2.1EPSS 0.23%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
modules/certs/manifests/config.pp in katello-configure before 1.3.3.pulpv2 in Katello uses weak permissions (666) for the Candlepin bootstrap RPM, which allows local users to modify the Candlepin CA certificate by writing to this file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.23% · top 86% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- https://github.com/Katello/katello/commits/master/katello-configure/katello-configure.spec (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 52774 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://github.com/jsomara/katello/commit/65f1e42b7bda0f3410931c50598540d944d8bf0d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0547 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0686 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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