CVE-2012-3503
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2012-3503 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2012-08-25 10:29:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2013-03-22 03:11:00 UTC |
| Description | The installation script in Katello 1.0 and earlier does not properly generate the Application.config.secret_token value, which causes each default installation to have the same secret token, and allows remote attackers to authenticate to the CloudForms System Engine web interface as an arbitrary user by creating a cookie using the default secret_token. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-264
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Customer Portal | REDHAT | rhn.redhat.com | |
| 850745 - secret_token is not generated properly (CVE-2012-3503) by lzap · Pull Request #499 · Katello/katello · GitHub | CONFIRM | github.com | |
| Security Advisory SA50344 - Red Hat update for katello - Secunia | SECUNIA | secunia.com | |
| Katello CVE-2012-3503 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability | BID | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Merge pull request #499 from lzap/secret_token · Katello/katello@7c256fe · GitHub | CONFIRM | github.com | Exploit, Patch |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | REDHAT | rhn.redhat.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 998017 Rubygems (Rubygems) Security Update for katello (GHSA-5xv2-q475-rwrh)