CVE-2014-8162

HIGH 7.5CVE-2014-8162 · Published 14/05/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-8162 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting network satellite (redhat), manager (suse).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.7%, higher than 85.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
network satellite redhat	`≤ 5.7`	No fix yet
manager suse	`= 1.7`	No fix yet

Description

XML external entity (XXE) in the RPC interface in Spacewalk and Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite 5.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly have other unspecified impact via unknown vectors.

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-05/msg00020.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0957.html · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/74595

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