CVE-2012-5603 Missing authorization in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published 4 Jan 2013 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Authenticated users can bypass permission checks to read consumer certificates or modify arbitrary user settings in Red Hat CloudForms.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2012-5603?

CVE-2012-5603 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Jan 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

proxies_controller.rb in Katello in Red Hat CloudForms before 1.1 does not properly check permissions, which allows remote authenticated users to read consumer certificates or change arbitrary users' settings via unspecified vectors related to the "consumer UUID" of a system.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5603?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Redhat Cloudforms.

How do I fix CVE-2012-5603?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-5603 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2012-5603 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5603 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rgp9-vmqv-r74v.