Insecure Temporary File Affecting foreman-compute package, versions <0:1.15.6.34-1.el7sat


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-FOREMANCOMPUTE-4470606
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed21 Dec 2016

Introduced: 21 Dec 2016

CVE-2016-9595  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-377  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 foreman-compute to version 0:1.15.6.34-1.el7sat or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:0336.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream foreman-compute package and not the foreman-compute package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.