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CVE-2010-1439

LOW CVSS: 3.6 Published: 2010-06-07 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

yum-rhn-plugin in Red Hat Network Client Tools (aka rhn-client-tools) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora uses world-readable permissions for the /var/spool/up2date/loginAuth.pkl file, which allows local users to access the Red Hat Network profile, and possibly prevent future security updates, by leveraging authentication data from this file.

Affected Platforms

Redhat Enterprise LinuxRedhat Rhn-Client-ToolsFedoraproject FedoraRedhat Yum-Rhn-Plugin

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References