FKIE_CVE-2010-1171

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-04-18 17:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:17
Severity
Summary
Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite 5.3 and 5.4 exposes a dangerous, obsolete XML-RPC API, which allows remote authenticated users to access arbitrary files and cause a denial of service (failed yum operations) via vectors related to configuration and package group (comps.xml) files for channels.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/44150Not Applicable
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0434.htmlNot Applicable
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47316Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025316Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0967Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=584118Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66690Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/44150Not Applicable
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0434.htmlNot Applicable
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47316Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025316Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0967Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=584118Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66690Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
redhat satellite 5.3
redhat satellite 5.4
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    },
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      "value": "Vulnerabilidad de redirecci\u00f3n abierta en el obsoleto API de XML-RPC en Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite v5.3 y v5.4, que permite a usuarios remotos autenticados acceder a archivos arbitrarios y causar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (operaciones fallida de YUM) a trav\u00e9s de vectores relacionados con la de configuraci\u00f3n y el paquete (comps.xml )de archivos de los canales."
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:17:39.470",
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