CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-9595
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-07-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.6 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-377, CWE-59
Description
A flaw was found in katello-debug before 3.4.0 where certain scripts and log files used insecure temporary files. A local user could exploit this flaw to conduct a symbolic-link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files.
Affected configurations
• theforeman katello (< 3.4.0)
• redhat satellite 6.3
• redhat satellite capsule 6.3
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9595 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9595 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory