Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 7, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-1439
CVE-2010-1439
Description
yum-rhn-plugin in Red Hat Network Client Tools (aka rhn-client-tools) on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 and Fedora uses world-readable permissions for the /var/spool/up2date/loginAuth.pkl file, which allows local users to access the Red Hat Network profile, and possibly prevent future security updates, by leveraging authentication data from this file.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:yum-rhn-plugin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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References
9- secunia.com/advisories/39996nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1311nvdVendor Advisory
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.osvdb.org/65063nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0449.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/40492nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/59114nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9232nvd
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