CVE-2012-2679 (GCVE-0-2012-2679)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-10-22 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:42
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Summary
Red Hat Network (RHN) Configuration Client (rhncfg-client) in rhncfg before 5.10.27-8 uses weak permissions (world-readable) for /var/log/rhncfg-actions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information about the rhncfg-client actions by reading the file.
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CWE
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References
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=825275 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/50978 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55934 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027661 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1369.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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