CVE-2019-3891

Description

It was discovered that a world-readable log file belonging to Candlepin component of Red Hat Satellite 6.4 leaked the credentials of the Candlepin database. A malicious user with local access to a Satellite host can use those credentials to modify the database and prevent Satellite from fetching package updates, thus preventing all Satellite hosts from accessing those updates.

Weakness classification

• CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Primary references

• secalert@redhat.com — Third Party Advisory
• secalert@redhat.com — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory