It was found that subscription-manager set weak permissions on files in /var/lib/rhsm/, causing an information disclosure. A local, unprivileged user could use this flaw to access sensitive data that could potentially be used in a social engineering attack.
Find out more about CVE-2016-4455 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Base Score | 1.7 |
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Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Access Vector | Local |
Access Complexity | Low |
Authentication | Single |
Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | None |
CVSS3 Base Score | 3.3 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
Attack Vector | Local |
Attack Complexity | Low |
Privileges Required | Low |
User Interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | Low |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | None |
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Platform | Errata | Release Date |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (subscription-manager) | RHSA-2017:0698 | 2017-03-21 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (subscription-manager) | RHSA-2016:2592 | 2016-11-03 |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | subscription-manager | Will not fix |