CVE-2019-3891

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 12, 2019 at 08:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:35 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSatellite

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%

Description

It was discovered that a world-readable log file belonging to Candlepin component of Red Hat Satellite 6.4 leaked the credentials of the Candlepin database. A malicious user with local access to a Satellite host can use those credentials to modify the database and prevent Satellite from fetching package updates, thus preventing all Satellite hosts from accessing those updates.

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 (2)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1222
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingMitigationVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3891

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-532

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