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CVE-2012-3503 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1186.html CVEBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1187.html CVEThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50344 CVEBroken Link
https://github.com/Katello/katello/commit/7c256fef9d75029d0ffff58ff1dcda915056d3a3 CVEPatch
https://github.com/Katello/katello/pull/499 CVEIssue Tracking

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-798Use of Hard-coded Credentials[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
theforeman katello
<= 1.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:theforeman:katello:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux server
6.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-3503
NVD Published Date:
Aug 25, 2012
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2012-3503 Details - Not Deferred