RHSA-2015:0957
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2015-05-11 17:40 - Updated: 2025-11-21 17:52Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: spacewalk-java security update
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Topic: Updated spacewalk packages that fix one security issue are now available
for Red Hat Satellite 5.7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security
impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the
References section.
Details: Red Hat Satellite is a system management tool for Linux-based
infrastructures. It allows for provisioning, monitoring, and remote
management of multiple Linux deployments with a single, centralized tool.
It was found that the RPC interface in Satellite would resolve external
entities, allowing an attacker to conduct XML External Entity (XXE)
attacks. A remote attacker could use this flaw to read files accessible to
the user running the Satellite server, and potentially perform other more
advanced XXE attacks. (CVE-2014-8162)
Red Hat would like to thank Travis Emmert for reporting this issue.
All spacewalk users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain a backported patch to correct this issue.
Terms of Use: This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.
It was found that the RPC interface in Satellite would resolve external entities, allowing an attacker to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks. A remote attacker could use this flaw to read files accessible to the user running the Satellite server, and potentially perform other more advanced XXE attacks.
4.3 ()
Affected products
Fixed
9 products
| Product | Identifier | Version | Remediation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unresolved product id: 6Server-Satellite57:spacewalk-java-0:2.3.8-103.el6sat.noarch | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
|
|
| Unresolved product id: 6Server-Satellite57:spacewalk-java-0:2.3.8-103.el6sat.src | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
|
|
| Unresolved product id: 6Server-Satellite57:spacewalk-java-config-0:2.3.8-103.el6sat.noarch | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
|
|
| Unresolved product id: 6Server-Satellite57:spacewalk-java-lib-0:2.3.8-103.el6sat.noarch | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
|
|
| Unresolved product id: 6Server-Satellite57:spacewalk-java-oracle-0:2.3.8-103.el6sat.noarch | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
|
|
| Unresolved product id: 6Server-Satellite57:spacewalk-java-postgresql-0:2.3.8-103.el6sat.noarch | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
|
|
| Unresolved product id: 6Server-Satellite57:spacewalk-setup-0:2.3.0-17.el6sat.noarch | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
|
|
| Unresolved product id: 6Server-Satellite57:spacewalk-setup-0:2.3.0-17.el6sat.src | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
|
|
| Unresolved product id: 6Server-Satellite57:spacewalk-taskomatic-0:2.3.8-103.el6sat.noarch | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
|
Threats
Impact
Moderate
References
8 references
Acknowledgments
Travis Emmert
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