CVE-2016-4455 Information

Description

The Subscription Manager package (aka subscription-manager) before 1.17.7-1 for Candlepin uses weak permissions (755) for subscription-manager cache directories which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading files in the directories.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2592.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0698.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/26/5 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93926 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038083 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340525 https://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/blob/subscription-manager-1.17.7-1/subscription-manager.spec https://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/commit/9dec31

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

3.3