CVE-2020-1693 (GCVE-0-2020-1693)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-02-17 19:35 – Updated: 2024-08-04 06:46
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Summary
A flaw was found in Spacewalk up to version 2.9 where it was vulnerable to XML internal entity attacks via the /rpc/api endpoint. An unauthenticated remote attacker could use this flaw to retrieve the content of certain files and trigger a denial of service, or in certain circumstances, execute arbitrary code on the Spacewalk server.
Severity
8.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
CWE
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
Red Hat spacewalk Affected: All spacewalk versions up 2.9
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