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CVE-2012-5562 json

Rhn-proxy: rhn-satellite: rhn-proxy: information disclosure via clear-text credential transmission when accessing rhn satellite

published 2019-12-02 6 y ago modified 2026-10-30 10 d ago also EUVD-2012-5454

cvss
8.6
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in rhn-proxy. This vulnerability may allow the rhn-proxy to transmit user credentials in clear-text when it accesses RHN Satellite. This could lead to information disclosure, where sensitive authentication details are exposed to unauthorized parties.

Patch / fix

  • Red Hat Red Hat Satellite Proxy v 5.6 0:0.1.23.35-1.el5sat, 0:0.38-6.el5sat, 0:1.0-4.el5sat, 0:1.1-7.el5sat, 0:1.4-6.el5sat, 0:1.4.0-5.el5sat, 0:1.12-12.el5, 0:1.127.12-1.el5sat, 0:2.0.1-1.el5sat, 0:2.2.7-1.el5sat, 0:2.2.8-22.el5sat, 0:2.13-5.el5sat, 0:2.20.18-1.el5sat, 0:2.209.6-1.el5sat, 0:3.2-3.el5sat, 0:3.6.5-1.el5sat, 0:3.26.9-1.el5sat, 0:7.1-8.el5sat, 0:10.2.0-47.el5sat, 0:10.2.0.19-5.el5sat

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-2012-5562 updated cvss 8.6

rhn-proxy: rhn-satellite: rhn-proxy: Information disclosure via clear-text credential transmission when accessing RHN Satellite

  • Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.6 (RHEL v.5) gc 7.1-8.el5sat, udns 0.1-1.el5sat, libntlm 1.0-4.el5sat, scdb 1.15.8-1.el5sat, mod_wsgi 3.2-3.el5sat, perl-Error 0.15-7.el5, +91 more Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.6 (RHEL v.6) udns 0.1-1.el6sat, libntlm 1.0-4.el6sat, rhnlib 2.5.22-15.el6, scdb 1.15.8-1.el6sat, tsdb 1.27.29-1.el6sat, jabberd 2.2.8-22.el6sat, +83 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHEA-2013:1392
  • Red Hat Satellite 6 satellite, satellite-cli, satellite-common, satellite-capsule, satellite-debug-tools
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

1.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.3 AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Satellite Proxy v 5.6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

Sources

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