A flaw was found in rhn-proxy. This vulnerability may allow the rhn-proxy to transmit user credentials in clear-text when it accesses RHN Satellite. This could lead to information disclosure, where sensitive authentication details are exposed to unauthorized parties.
History

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000

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Description rhn-proxy: may transmit credentials over clear-text when accessing RHN Satellite A flaw was found in rhn-proxy. This vulnerability may allow the rhn-proxy to transmit user credentials in clear-text when it accesses RHN Satellite. This could lead to information disclosure, where sensitive authentication details are exposed to unauthorized parties.
Title rhn-proxy: may transmit credentials over clear-text Rhn-proxy: rhn-satellite: rhn-proxy: information disclosure via clear-text credential transmission when accessing rhn satellite
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2019-12-02T18:12:41.000Z

Updated: 2026-04-09T17:26:56.549Z

Reserved: 2012-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-5562

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-12-02T19:15:11.027

Modified: 2026-04-09T18:16:40.160

Link: CVE-2012-5562

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2014-02-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-5562 - Bugzilla