CVE-2016-4455

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-04-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Subscription Manager package (aka subscription-manager) before 1.17.7-1 for Candlepin uses weak permissions (755) for subscription-manager cache directories, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading files in the directories.

Affected products

RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0, 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node: 6.0, 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0, 7.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0, 7.0
Red Hat subscription-manager: through 1.17.6-1

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2592.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0698.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/26/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93926
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038083
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340525
https://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/blob/subscription-manager-1.17.7-1/subscription-manager.spec
https://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/commit/9dec31
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2592.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0698.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/26/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93926

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