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CVE-2015-5187 json

Candlepin allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by obtaining Java exception statements as a result of excessive web traff…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-5188

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Candlepin allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by obtaining Java exception statements as a result of excessive web traffic.

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2015-5187 updated cvss 3.5

candlepin: subscription-manager encounters frequent Runtime Error Lock wait timeout exceeded

  • Red Hat Satellite 6 candlepin, candlepin-selinux Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager candlepin
    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

2.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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