CVE-2012-3503

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 25, 2012 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:43 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsEnterprise Linux ServerKatello

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

The installation script in Katello 1.0 and earlier does not properly generate the Application.config.secret_token value, which causes each default installation to have the same secret token, and allows remote attackers to authenticate to the CloudForms System Engine web interface as an arbitrary user by creating a cookie using the default secret_token.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (6)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1186.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1187.html
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/50344
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55140
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
https://github.com/Katello/katello/pull/499

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-798

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