Description
Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite 5.3 and 5.4 exposes a dangerous, obsolete XML-RPC API, which allows remote authenticated users to access arbitrary files and cause a denial of service (failed yum operations) via vectors related to configuration and package group (comps.xml) files for channels.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Network Satellite 5 | spacewalk-backend +15 | 0.5.28-59.2.el4sat | RHSA-2011:0434 |
| Red Hat Network Satellite 5 | spacewalk-backend-libs +1 | 1.2.13-37.el5sat | RHSA-2011:0434 |
| Red Hat Network Satellite 5 | spacewalk-config | 0.5.9-16.el4sat | RHSA-2011:0434 |
Advisories 1
- RHSA-2011:0434 Red Hat Security Advisory: security update for Red Hat Network Satellite Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jan 29, 2026
References
- 44150 third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2011:0434 vendor-advisory
- 1025316 vdb-entry
- rhnss-xmlrpcapi-info-disclosure(66690) vdb-entry
- 47316 vdb-entry
- ADV-2011-0967 vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=584118