Skip to content
Fencer Intel
high 7.5

CVE-2013-4480 json

Red Hat Satellite 5.6 and earlier does not disable the web interface that is used to create the first user for a satellite, which allows re…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-4345

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Red Hat Satellite 5.6 and earlier does not disable the web interface that is used to create the first user for a satellite, which allows remote attackers to create administrator accounts.

Patch / fix

  • spacewalk-java network satellite 5.3 0.5.44-97.el5sat
  • spacewalk-java network satellite 5.4 1.2.39-135.el5sat
  • spacewalk-java network satellite 5.5 1.7.54-121.el5sat
  • spacewalk-java network satellite 5.6 2.0.2-48.el5sat
  • spacewalk-java network satellite 5.5 1.7.54-121.el6sat
  • spacewalk-java network satellite 5.6 2.0.2-48.el6sat
  • spacewalk-java network satellite 5.4 1.2.39-135.el6sat
  • spacewalk-java-lib network satellite 5.3 0.5.44-97.el5sat

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:1514RHSA-2013:1513

Is CVE-2013-4480 in your stack? Fencer shows which of your repositories are affected as soon as an advisory lands, and opens the fix as a pull request.

Check with Fencer

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-2013-4480 updated cvss 7.5

Satellite: Interface to create the initial administrator user remains open after installation

  • Red Hat Satellite 5.2 (RHEL v.5) rhn-java-sat 5.2.1-9.el5, taskomatic-sat 5.2.1-9.el5, rhn-java-lib-sat 5.2.1-9.el5, rhn-java-config-sat 5.2.1-9.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1513
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.3 (RHEL v.5) spacewalk-java 0.5.44-97.el5sat, spacewalk-java-lib 0.5.44-97.el5sat, spacewalk-taskomatic 0.5.44-97.el5sat, spacewalk-java-config 0.5.44-97.el5sat Red Hat Satellite 5.4 (RHEL v.5) spacewalk-java 1.2.39-135.el5sat, spacewalk-java-lib 1.2.39-135.el5sat, spacewalk-taskomatic 1.2.39-135.el5sat, spacewalk-java-config 1.2.39-135.el5sat, spacewalk-java-oracle 1.2.39-135.el5sat Red Hat Satellite 5.4 (RHEL v.6) spacewalk-java 1.2.39-135.el6sat, spacewalk-java-lib 1.2.39-135.el6sat, spacewalk-taskomatic 1.2.39-135.el6sat, spacewalk-java-config 1.2.39-135.el6sat, spacewalk-java-oracle 1.2.39-135.el6sat Red Hat Satellite 5.5 (RHEL v.5) spacewalk-java 1.7.54-121.el5sat, spacewalk-java-lib 1.7.54-121.el5sat, spacewalk-taskomatic 1.7.54-121.el5sat, spacewalk-java-config 1.7.54-121.el5sat, spacewalk-java-oracle 1.7.54-121.el5sat Red Hat Satellite 5.5 (RHEL v.6) spacewalk-java 1.7.54-121.el6sat, spacewalk-java-lib 1.7.54-121.el6sat, spacewalk-taskomatic 1.7.54-121.el6sat, spacewalk-java-config 1.7.54-121.el6sat, spacewalk-java-oracle 1.7.54-121.el6sat Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.5) spacewalk-java 2.0.2-48.el5sat, spacewalk-java-lib 2.0.2-48.el5sat, spacewalk-taskomatic 2.0.2-48.el5sat, spacewalk-java-config 2.0.2-48.el5sat, spacewalk-java-oracle 2.0.2-48.el5sat, spacewalk-java-postgresql 2.0.2-48.el5sat
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.6) spacewalk-java 2.0.2-48.el6sat, spacewalk-java-lib 2.0.2-48.el6sat, spacewalk-taskomatic 2.0.2-48.el6sat, spacewalk-java-config 2.0.2-48.el6sat, spacewalk-java-oracle 2.0.2-48.el6sat, spacewalk-java-postgresql 2.0.2-48.el6sat
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1514

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

2.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

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.