Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Spacewalk and Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite 5.6 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) whereCriteria variable in a software channels search; (2) end_year, (3) start_hour, (4) end_am_pm, (5) end_day, (6) end_hour, (7) end_minute, (8) end_month, (9) end_year, (10) optionScanDateSearch, (11) result_filter, (12) search_string, (13) show_as, (14) start_am_pm, (15) start_day, (16) start_hour, (17) start_minute, (18) start_month, (19) start_year, or (20) whereToSearch variable in an scap audit results search; (21) end_minute, (22) end_month, (23) end_year, (24) errata_type_bug, (25) errata_type_enhancement, (26) errata_type_security, (27) fineGrained, (28) list_1892635924_sortdir, (29) optionIssueDateSearch, (30) start_am_pm, (31) start_day, (32) start_hour, (33) start_minute, (34) start_month, (35) start_year, or (36) view_mode variable in an errata search; or (37) fineGrained variable in a systems search, related to PAGE_SIZE_LABEL_SELECTED.
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 Managed Db 5 | spacewalk-web +2 | 2.0.3-19.el5sat | RHSA-2014:0148 |
| Red Hat Network Satellite 5 | satellite-branding | 5.6.0.23-1.el5sat | RHSA-2014:0148 |
| Red Hat Network Satellite 5 | spacewalk-java +5 | 2.0.2-58.el5sat | RHSA-2014:0148 |
| Red Hat Network Satellite 5 | spacewalk-pxt +8 | 2.0.3-19.el5sat | RHSA-2014:0148 |
Advisories 1
- RHSA-2014:0148 Red Hat Security Advisory: spacewalk-java, spacewalk-web and satellite-branding security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 28, 2026
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=979452
- 56952 third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2014:0148 vendor-advisory
- https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/spacewalk.git/commit/?id=18c70164285cae0660fa3ac55c6656bb19b3b13f
- SUSE-SU-2014:0222 vendor-advisory