{"id":"GHSA-5xv2-q475-rwrh","summary":"Katello uses hard coded credential","details":"The installation script in Katello 1.0 and earlier does not properly generate the `Application.config.secret_token` value, which causes each default installation to have the same secret token, and allows remote attackers to authenticate to the CloudForms System Engine web interface as an arbitrary user by creating a cookie using the default `secret_token`.","aliases":["CVE-2012-3503"],"modified":"2024-04-11T15:43:37Z","published":"2022-05-17T05:13:13Z","database_specific":{"nvd_published_at":"2012-08-25T10:29:00Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-798"],"severity":"CRITICAL","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2024-04-09T14:24:53Z"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3503"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/Katello/katello/pull/499"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/Katello/katello/commit/7c256fef9d75029d0ffff58ff1dcda915056d3a3"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/Katello/katello"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5xv2-q475-rwrh"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/katello/CVE-2012-3503.yml"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20140806122239/http://secunia.com/advisories/50344"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200229120740/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55140"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1186.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1187.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"katello","ecosystem":"RubyGems","purl":"pkg:gem/katello"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.6"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-5xv2-q475-rwrh/GHSA-5xv2-q475-rwrh.json"}},{"package":{"name":"katello","ecosystem":"RubyGems","purl":"pkg:gem/katello"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1.1.0"},{"fixed":"1.1.7"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-5xv2-q475-rwrh/GHSA-5xv2-q475-rwrh.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}