Upstream information

CVE-2012-5562 at MITRE

Description

A flaw was found in rhn-proxy. This vulnerability may allow the rhn-proxy to transmit user credentials in clear-text when it accesses RHN Satellite. This could lead to information disclosure, where sensitive authentication details are exposed to unauthorized parties.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 3.3
Vector AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (Red Hat) National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 8.6 6.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network Adjacent Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Scope Changed Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High High
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact None None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 850953 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Manager Proxy 1.7 spacewalk-backend Affected
SUSE Manager Server 1.7 spacewalk-backend Released
Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2-CLIENT-TOOLS spacewalk-backend Affected
SUSE Manager 1.7 spacewalk-backend Affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 19:40:07 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Apr 10 00:21:15 2026