CVE-2010-1171

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2010-1171 · Published 18/04/2011 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2010-1171 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting satellite (redhat).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.8%, higher than 86.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
satellite redhat	`= 5.3= 5.4`	No fix yet

Description

Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite 5.3 and 5.4 exposes a dangerous, obsolete XML-RPC API, which allows remote authenticated users to access arbitrary files and cause a denial of service (failed yum operations) via vectors related to configuration and package group (comps.xml) files for channels.

References

secunia.com/advisories/44150 · Not Applicable
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0434.html · Not Applicable
securityfocus.com/bid/47316 · Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com/id · Third Party Advisory
vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0967 · Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi · Issue Tracking
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66690 · Third Party Advisory

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

satellite

redhat

= 5.3= 5.4

No fix yet

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