CVE-2010-1439

Low

Description

yum-rhn-plugin in Red Hat Network Client Tools (aka rhn-client-tools) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora uses world-readable permissions for the /var/spool/up2date/loginAuth.pkl file, which allows local users to access the Red Hat Network profile, and possibly prevent future security updates, by leveraging authentication data from this file.

SeverityLow
CVSS3.6
Exploit probability—
ProductRedhat Yum-rhn-plugin
PublishedJun 7, 2010
First seenJun 7, 2010

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

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