CVE-2016-4455

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.

• CWE-264

• 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

Published

Apr 14, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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