CVE-2016-9595

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
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: 2018-07-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-377

Description

A flaw was found in katello-debug before 3.4.0 where certain scripts and log files used insecure temporary files. A local user could exploit this flaw to conduct a symbolic-link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files.

Affected products

Red Hat Satellite 6: 6.3
RedHat Satellite Capsule: 6.3
Katello: before 3.4.0 — fixed in 3.4.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Katello 3.4.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9595
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9595

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