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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-4346

Original release date:12/10/2011
Last revised:12/12/2011
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the web interface in Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite 5.4.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the Description field of the asset tag in a Custom Info page.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:3.5 (LOW) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 6.8
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification

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External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2011:1794
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1794.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742050
Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=742050
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1026391
Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026391
External Source: BID
Name: 50963
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50963
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 47162
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/47162

Vulnerable software and versions

Nav control imageConfiguration 1
spacerNav control imageAND
spacerspacerNav control imageOR
spacerspacerline trunkNav control image* cpe:/a:red_hat:network_satellite:5.4.1
spacerspacerNav control imageOR
spacerspacerspacerNav control imagecpe:/o:red_hat:enterprise_linux:5
spacerspacerspacerNav control imagecpe:/o:red_hat:enterprise_linux:6
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)
  • Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4346