CVE-2016-4995 (GCVE-0-2016-4995)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-08-19 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:46
VLAI
Summary
Foreman before 1.11.4 and 1.12.x before 1.12.1 does not properly restrict access to preview provisioning templates, which allows remote authenticated users with permission to view some hosts to obtain sensitive host configuration information via a URL with a hostname.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 995 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2016-06-22 00:00
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