CVE-2016-9595

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in katello-debug before 3.4.0 where certain scripts and log files used insecure temporary files. A local user could exploit this flaw to conduct a symbolic-link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-377 CWE-59

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Foreman	katello-debug	3.4.0

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9595Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9595Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jul 27, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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