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CVE-2020-1693

Published: Feb 17, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-611
8.6HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
4.3%
Top 9.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

A flaw was found in Spacewalk up to version 2.9 where it was vulnerable to XML internal entity attacks via the /rpc/api endpoint. An unauthenticated remote attacker could use this flaw to retrieve the content of certain files and trigger a denial of service, or in certain circumstances, execute arbitrary code on the Spacewalk server.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:LA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-611

Affected Products

Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka Red Hat, redhat
spacewalkOn-premWeb App
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat SpacewalkOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Initial Access
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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-1693
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://github.com/spacewalkproject/spacewalk/commit/74e28ec61d916c42061ef4347121650a1c962b0c
github.com
https://zeroauth.ltd/blog/2020/02/18/proof-of-concept-exploit-for-cve-2020-1693-spacewalk/
zeroauth.ltd
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