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CVE-2012-6116 json

modules/certs/manifests/config.pp in katello-configure before 1.3.3.pulpv2 in Katello uses weak permissions (666) for the Candlepin bootstr…

published 2013-03-01 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-5983

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 13%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

modules/certs/manifests/config.pp in katello-configure before 1.3.3.pulpv2 in Katello uses weak permissions (666) for the Candlepin bootstrap RPM, which allows local users to modify the Candlepin CA certificate by writing to this file.

Patch / fix

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-2012-6116 updated cvss 4.6

Candlepin: bootstrap RPM deploys CA certificate file with mode 666

  • Red Hat CloudForms System Engine for RHEL 6 Server candlepin 0.7.19-3.el6cf, katello 1.1.12.2-5.el6cf, katello-cli 1.1.8-14.el6cf, katello-all 1.1.12.2-5.el6cf, katello-selinux 1.1.1-5.el6cf, katello-common 1.1.12.2-5.el6cf, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0547
  • Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager for RHEL 6 Server candlepin 0.7.24-1.el6_3, katello 1.2.1.1-1h.el6_4, rubygem-rdoc 3.8-6.el6cf, rubygem-json 1.7.3-2.el6_3, rubygem-rack 1.3.0-4.el6cf, thumbslug 0.0.28.1-1.el6_4, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0686

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

0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% 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:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

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

References

Sources

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