CVE-2016-4455

LowCVSS 3.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The Subscription Manager package (aka subscription-manager) before 1.17.7-1 for Candlepin uses weak permissions (755) for subscription-manager cache directories, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading files in the directories.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 3.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2592.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0698.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/26/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93926Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038083Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340525Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/blob/subscription-manager-1.17.7-1/subscription-manager.specThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/commit/9dec31Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2592.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0698.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/26/5Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93926Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038083Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340525Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/blob/subscription-manager-1.17.7-1/subscription-manager.specThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/commit/9dec31Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 14, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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