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CVE-2012-5561

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-03-01 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

script/katello-generate-passphrase in Katello 1.1 uses world-readable permissions for /etc/katello/secure/passphrase, which allows local users to obtain the passphrase by reading the file.

Affected products

• Katello: 1.1

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0544.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0547.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=879094
• https://github.com/Katello/katello/pull/1349
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0544.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0547.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=879094
• https://github.com/Katello/katello/pull/1349

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