Database Credential Exposure in Red Hat Satellite by Candlepin Component

CVE-2019-3891

What is CVE-2019-3891?

A vulnerability has been identified in the Candlepin component of Red Hat Satellite 6.4 where a world-readable log file exposes sensitive database credentials. This situation can be exploited by a malicious user with local access to the Satellite host, allowing them to modify the database and disrupt the ability to fetch package updates. Consequently, this impacts the update access for all Satellite-managed hosts.

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