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CVE-2012-1145 json

spacewalk-backend in Red Hat Network Satellite 5.4 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 does not properly authorize or authenticate uploads to the…

published 2012-06-16 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-1179

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.0%
EPSS 3.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

spacewalk-backend in Red Hat Network Satellite 5.4 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 does not properly authorize or authenticate uploads to the NULL organization when mod_wsgi is used, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (/var partition disk consumption and failed updates) via a large number of package uploads.

Patch / fix

  • spacewalk-backend network satellite 5.4 1.2.13-66.1.el6sat
  • spacewalk-backend-xp network satellite 5.4 1.2.13-66.1.el6sat
  • spacewalk-backend-app network satellite 5.4 1.2.13-66.1.el6sat
  • spacewalk-backend-iss network satellite 5.4 1.2.13-66.1.el6sat
  • spacewalk-backend-sql network satellite 5.4 1.2.13-66.1.el6sat
  • spacewalk-backend-libs network satellite 5.4 1.2.13-66.1.el6sat
  • spacewalk-backend-tools network satellite 5.4 1.2.13-66.1.el6sat
  • spacewalk-backend-applet network satellite 5.4 1.2.13-66.1.el6sat

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:0436

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-1145 updated cvss 5.0

satellite: remote package upload without authorization

  • Red Hat Satellite 5.4 (RHEL v.6) spacewalk-backend 1.2.13-66.1.el6sat, spacewalk-backend-xp 1.2.13-66.1.el6sat, spacewalk-backend-app 1.2.13-66.1.el6sat, spacewalk-backend-iss 1.2.13-66.1.el6sat, spacewalk-backend-sql 1.2.13-66.1.el6sat, spacewalk-backend-libs 1.2.13-66.1.el6sat, +12 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0436

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.