CVE-2012-2679

low
Published 2012-10-22 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
2.1

Description

Red Hat Network (RHN) Configuration Client (rhncfg-client) in rhncfg before 5.10.27-8 uses weak permissions (world-readable) for /var/log/rhncfg-actions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information about the rhncfg-client actions by reading the file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/50978

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1369.html

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
redhatrhncfg{"endIncluding":"5.10.27"}

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.