CVE-2016-3079

Summary

CVECVE-2016-3079
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-14 14:59:08 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionMultiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Web UI in Spacewalk and Red Hat Satellite 5.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the PATH_INFO to systems/SystemEntitlements.do; (2) the label parameter to admin/multiorg/EntitlementDetails.do; or the name of a (3) snapshot tag or (4) system group in System Set Manager (SSM).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 6.1 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-79 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary6.1MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

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

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Satellite 5.7 All All All
Application Redhat Spacewalk-java - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1320452 - <c:out> is your friend · spacewalkproject/spacewalk@7920542 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
1320444 - typo slipped past. Ugh. · spacewalkproject/spacewalk@982b11c · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
1320444 - Bad bean-message ids and navbar-vars can lead to XSS issues · spacewalkproject/spacewalk@7b9ff9a · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
1320940 – (CVE-2016-3079) CVE-2016-3079 spacewalk-java: Multiple XSS issues in WebUI af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
1320452 – (CVE-2016-3079) two XSS issues due to element creation in SSM (Perl stack) and displaying outside of it af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
1320444 – (CVE-2016-3079) XSS on pages for entitlements management af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
1320452 - Cleaning up some remaining Tag/Group XSS issues · spacewalkproject/spacewalk@b6491eb · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE-2016-3079 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 240415 Red Hat Update for spacewalk-java (RHSA-2016:0590)
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