CVE-2013-3709

HIGH 7.2CVE-2013-3709 · Published 23/12/2013 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2013-3709 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting suse lifecycle management server (novell), studio onsite (suse), webyast (suse).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.48%, higher than 41.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
suse lifecycle management server novell	`= 1.3`	No fix yet
studio onsite suse	`= 1.3`	No fix yet
webyast suse	`= 1.3`	No fix yet

Description

WebYaST 1.3 uses weak permissions for config/initializers/secret_token.rb, which allows local users to gain privileges by reading the Rails secret token from this file.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00006.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00012.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00013.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-12/msg00014.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-01/msg00001.html
bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi · Exploit
rapid7/metasploit-framework

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