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medium 5.5

CVE-2012-5603 json

proxies_controller.rb in Katello in Red Hat CloudForms before 1.1 does not properly check permissions, which allows remote authenticated us…

published 2013-01-04 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-5490

cvss
5.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 64%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

proxies_controller.rb in Katello in Red Hat CloudForms before 1.1 does not properly check permissions, which allows remote authenticated users to read consumer certificates or change arbitrary users' settings via unspecified vectors related to the "consumer UUID" of a system.

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-2012-5603 updated cvss 5.5

Katello: lack of authorization in proxies_controller.rb

  • Red Hat CloudForms System Engine for RHEL 6 Server pulp 1.1.14-1.el6cf, gofer 0.66.1-2.el6cf, quartz 2.1.5-4.el6cf, grinder 0.0.150-1.el6cf, katello 1.1.12-22.el6cf, candlepin 0.7.8.1-1.el6cf, +21 more Red Hat CloudForms Tools for RHEL 5 Server gofer 0.66.1-2.el5, katello-agent 1.1.2-1.el5, python-gofer 0.66.1-2.el5, gofer-package 0.66.1-2.el5, gofer-watchdog 0.66.1-2.el5 Red Hat CloudForms Tools for RHEL 6 Server gofer 0.66.1-2.el6cf, katello-agent 1.1.2-1.el6cf, python-gofer 0.66.1-2.el6cf, gofer-package 0.66.1-2.el6cf, gofer-watchdog 0.66.1-2.el6cf
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1543
  • Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Server quartz 2.1.5-4.el6_3, puppet 2.6.17-2.el6cf, katello 1.2.1-15h.el6_3, lucene3 3.6.1-10h.el6_3, candlepin 0.7.23-1.el6_3, thumbslug 0.0.28-1.el6_3, +27 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0544

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Exploit prediction

1.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 64% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

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

References

Sources

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