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CVE-2010-1439 json

yum-rhn-plugin in Red Hat Network Client Tools (aka rhn-client-tools) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora uses world-readable p…

published 16y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-1467

cvss
3.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

yum-rhn-plugin in Red Hat Network Client Tools (aka rhn-client-tools) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora uses world-readable permissions for the /var/spool/up2date/loginAuth.pkl file, which allows local users to access the Red Hat Network profile, and possibly prevent future security updates, by leveraging authentication data from this file.

Patch / fix

  • rhn-client-tools RHEL 5 0.4.20-33.el5_5.2
  • rhn-check RHEL 5 0.4.20-33.el5_5.2
  • rhn-setup RHEL 5 0.4.20-33.el5_5.2
  • rhn-setup-gnome RHEL 5 0.4.20-33.el5_5.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0449

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red hat product security vex CVE-2010-1439 updated cvss 4.6

rhn-client-tools: authorized information disclosure

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 rhn-check, rhn-setup, rhn-setup-gnome, rhn-client-tools
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) rhn-check 0.4.20-33.el5_5.2, rhn-setup 0.4.20-33.el5_5.2, rhn-setup-gnome 0.4.20-33.el5_5.2, rhn-client-tools 0.4.20-33.el5_5.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) rhn-check 0.4.20-33.el5_5.2, rhn-setup 0.4.20-33.el5_5.2, rhn-setup-gnome 0.4.20-33.el5_5.2, rhn-client-tools 0.4.20-33.el5_5.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0449

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Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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