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CVE-2019-3891 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1222	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3891	CVE	ExploitIssue TrackingMitigationVendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1222	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3891	[email protected]	ExploitIssue TrackingMitigationVendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-532	Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File	[email protected]
CWE-532	Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
redhat satellite	6.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:6.4:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 15, 2020	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 9, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 14, 2019	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 15, 2019	Initial Analysis	[email protected]