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SUSE-RU-2015:0793-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2013-12-02 16:20 - Updated: 2026-09-20 11:57

Summary

Security update for webyast

Severity

Moderate

Notes

Title of the patch: Security update for webyast

Description of the patch: The following security issue has been fixed: * CVE-2013-3709: webyast: local privilege escalation via secret rails tokens execution. This vulnerability was reported by joernchen of Phenoelit. Security Issue reference: * CVE-2013-3709 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-3709>

Patchnames: sleslms13-webyast-base,slestso13-webyast-base,slewyst13-webyast-base

CVE-2013-3709

Affected products

Recommended 6 products

Product	Version	Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Lifecycle Management Server 1.3:webyast-base-0:0.3.43.1-0.5.1.noarch	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Lifecycle Management Server 1.3:webyast-base-branding-default-0:0.3.43.1-0.5.1.noarch	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3:webyast-base-0:0.3.43.1-0.5.1.noarch	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3:webyast-base-branding-default-0:0.3.43.1-0.5.1.noarch	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE WebYast 1.3:webyast-base-0:0.3.43.1-0.5.1.noarch	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE WebYast 1.3:webyast-base-branding-default-0:0.3.43.1-0.5.1.noarch	—	Vendor Fix

Threats

Impact important

References

8 references

URL	Category
https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/	external
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/s…	self
https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2015…	self
https://bugzilla.suse.com/851116	self
https://bugzilla.suse.com/926890	self
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3709/	self
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3709	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/851116	external

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CVE-2013-3709 (GCVE-0-2013-3709)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-12-23 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:14

Summary

WebYaST 1.3 uses weak permissions for config/initializers/secret_token.rb, which allows local users to gain privileges by reading the Rails secret token from this file.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2324 records in the last 180 days details

References

7 references

URL	Tags
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/bl…	x_refsource_MISC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=851116	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2013-12-16 00:00

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Sightings

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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