CVE-2012-1145

spacewalk-backend in Red Hat Network Satellite 5.4 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 does not properly authorize or authenticate uploads to the NULL organization when mod_wsgi is used, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (/var partition disk consumption and failed updates) via a large number of package uploads.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2012-06-16

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-287

Affected products

• Satellite (Redhat)

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0436.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48664
• http://www.osvdb.org/81481
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52832
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026873
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74498