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CVE-2012-5562

Published: Dec 2, 2019

Modified: Apr 9, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.6

HIGH

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Red Hat	Red Hat Satellite 6	All versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5562

vdb-entry

x_refsource_REDHAT

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5562

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5562

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5562

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