CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2013-4480

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Published: Nov 18, 2013 | Modified: Feb 13, 2023
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
7.5 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Red Hat Satellite 5.6 and earlier does not disable the web interface that is used to create the first user for a satellite, which allows remote attackers to create administrator accounts.

Weakness

The product exposes a resource to the wrong control sphere, providing unintended actors with inappropriate access to the resource.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Network_satellite Redhat * 5.6 (including)
Satellite Redhat * 5.6 (including)
Satellite_with_embedded_oracle Redhat 5.2 (including) 5.2 (including)
Satellite_with_embedded_oracle Redhat 5.3 (including) 5.3 (including)
Satellite_with_embedded_oracle Redhat 5.4 (including) 5.4 (including)
Satellite_with_embedded_oracle Redhat 5.5 (including) 5.5 (including)
Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.2 RedHat rhn-java-sat-0:5.2.1-9.el5 *
Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.3 RedHat spacewalk-java-0:0.5.44-97.el5sat *
Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.4 RedHat spacewalk-java-0:1.2.39-135.el6sat *
Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.5 RedHat spacewalk-java-0:1.7.54-121.el5sat *
Red Hat Satellite 5.6 RedHat spacewalk-java-0:2.0.2-48.el6sat *

Extended Description

Resources such as files and directories may be inadvertently exposed through mechanisms such as insecure permissions, or when a program accidentally operates on the wrong object. For example, a program may intend that private files can only be provided to a specific user. This effectively defines a control sphere that is intended to prevent attackers from accessing these private files. If the file permissions are insecure, then parties other than the user will be able to access those files. A separate control sphere might effectively require that the user can only access the private files, but not any other files on the system. If the program does not ensure that the user is only requesting private files, then the user might be able to access other files on the system. In either case, the end result is that a resource has been exposed to the wrong party.

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