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CVE-2012-2679 json

Red Hat Network (RHN) Configuration Client (rhncfg-client) in rhncfg before 5.10.27-8 uses weak permissions (world-readable) for /var/log/r…

published 2012-10-22 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-2661

cvss
2.1
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 33%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • rhncfg RHEL 5 RHN_TOOLS 5.10.27-8.el5sat
  • rhncfg RHEL 6 RHN_TOOLS 5.10.27-8.el6sat
  • rhncfg-client RHEL 5 RHN_TOOLS 5.10.27-8.el5sat
  • rhncfg-client RHEL 6 RHN_TOOLS 5.10.27-8.el6sat
  • rhncfg-actions RHEL 5 RHN_TOOLS 5.10.27-8.el5sat
  • rhncfg-actions RHEL 6 RHN_TOOLS 5.10.27-8.el6sat
  • rhncfg-management RHEL 5 RHN_TOOLS 5.10.27-8.el5sat
  • rhncfg-management RHEL 6 RHN_TOOLS 5.10.27-8.el6sat

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:1369

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-2012-2679 updated cvss 6.2

rhncfg: Insecure permissions used for /var/log/rhncfg-actions file

  • Red Hat RHN Tools (v. 5 Client) rhncfg 5.10.27-8.el5sat, rhncfg-client 5.10.27-8.el5sat, rhncfg-actions 5.10.27-8.el5sat, rhncfg-management 5.10.27-8.el5sat Red Hat RHN Tools (v. 5 Server) rhncfg 5.10.27-8.el5sat, rhncfg-client 5.10.27-8.el5sat, rhncfg-actions 5.10.27-8.el5sat, rhncfg-management 5.10.27-8.el5sat Red Hat RHN Tools (v. 5.3.LL Server) rhncfg 5.10.27-8.el5sat, rhncfg-client 5.10.27-8.el5sat, rhncfg-actions 5.10.27-8.el5sat, rhncfg-management 5.10.27-8.el5sat Red Hat RHN Tools (v. 5.6.z Server) rhncfg 5.10.27-8.el5sat, rhncfg-client 5.10.27-8.el5sat, rhncfg-actions 5.10.27-8.el5sat, rhncfg-management 5.10.27-8.el5sat Red Hat RHN Tools (v. 6 Client) rhncfg 5.10.27-8.el6sat, rhncfg-client 5.10.27-8.el6sat, rhncfg-actions 5.10.27-8.el6sat, rhncfg-management 5.10.27-8.el6sat Red Hat RHN Tools (v. 6 ComputeNode) rhncfg 5.10.27-8.el6sat, rhncfg-client 5.10.27-8.el6sat, rhncfg-actions 5.10.27-8.el6sat, rhncfg-management 5.10.27-8.el6sat
    +5 more products
    Red Hat RHN Tools (v. 6 Workstation) rhncfg 5.10.27-8.el6sat, rhncfg-client 5.10.27-8.el6sat, rhncfg-actions 5.10.27-8.el6sat, rhncfg-management 5.10.27-8.el6sat Red Hat RHN Tools (v. 6.0.z Server) rhncfg 5.10.27-8.el6sat, rhncfg-client 5.10.27-8.el6sat, rhncfg-actions 5.10.27-8.el6sat, rhncfg-management 5.10.27-8.el6sat Red Hat RHN Tools (v. 6.1.z Server) rhncfg 5.10.27-8.el6sat, rhncfg-client 5.10.27-8.el6sat, rhncfg-actions 5.10.27-8.el6sat, rhncfg-management 5.10.27-8.el6sat Red Hat RHN Tools (v. 6.2.z Server) rhncfg 5.10.27-8.el6sat, rhncfg-client 5.10.27-8.el6sat, rhncfg-actions 5.10.27-8.el6sat, rhncfg-management 5.10.27-8.el6sat Red Hat RHN Tools (v. 6.3.z Server) rhncfg 5.10.27-8.el6sat, rhncfg-client 5.10.27-8.el6sat, rhncfg-actions 5.10.27-8.el6sat, rhncfg-management 5.10.27-8.el6sat
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1369

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

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

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

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.