CVE-2012-3503

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-3503
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-08-25 10:29:52 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe 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

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-798 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Application Theforeman Katello All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Merge pull request #499 from lzap/secret_token · Katello/katello@7c256fe · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
Security Advisory SA50344 - Red Hat update for katello - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
850745 - secret_token is not generated properly (CVE-2012-3503) by lzap · Pull Request #499 · Katello/katello · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking
Katello CVE-2012-3503 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 998017 Rubygems (Rubygems) Security Update for katello (GHSA-5xv2-q475-rwrh)
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