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CVE-2012-2679

Published: Oct 22, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
6.2 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2679
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
RhncfgRedhat*5.10.27 (including)
Red Hat Network Tools for RHEL 5RedHatrhncfg-0:5.10.27-8.el5sat*
Red Hat Network Tools for RHEL 5.3.LLRedHatrhncfg-0:5.10.27-8.el5sat*
Red Hat Network Tools for RHEL 5.6.ZRedHatrhncfg-0:5.10.27-8.el5sat*
Red Hat Network Tools for RHEL 6RedHatrhncfg-0:5.10.27-8.el6sat*
Red Hat Network Tools for RHEL 6.0.ZRedHatrhncfg-0:5.10.27-8.el6sat*
Red Hat Network Tools for RHEL 6.1.ZRedHatrhncfg-0:5.10.27-8.el6sat*
Red Hat Network Tools for RHEL 6.2.ZRedHatrhncfg-0:5.10.27-8.el6sat*
Red Hat Network Tools for RHEL 6.3.ZRedHatrhncfg-0:5.10.27-8.el6sat*

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