Vulnerability CVE-2016-9595
Published: 2018-07-27

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.

Type:

CWE-59

 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following'))

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.6/10
4.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Theforeman -> Katello 
Redhat -> Satellite 
Redhat -> Satellite capsule 

 References:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9595
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