CVE-2012-2679

LOW 2.1CVE-2012-2679 · Published 22/10/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-2679 is a LOW (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability affecting rhncfg (redhat).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.39%, higher than 33.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
rhncfg redhat	`≤ 5.10.27`	No fix yet

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.

References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1369.html · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/50978 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/55934
securitytracker.com/id
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79260

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