Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2012-6119 is an integrity flaw in Candlepin, also used by Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager. A local user could modify subscription manifests because signature checks were not handled properly. The issue appears most relevant to legacy subscription-management systems, not general internet-facing services. Exposure is likely limited to legacy Candlepin deployments before 0.7.24 or Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager before 1.2.1 where local users can access or influence manifests. Treat this as a legacy integrity issue. It is not documented as actively exploited, but organizations still running affected subscription-management tooling should remediate or retire it to preserve trust in entitlement and manifest data. Mitigation focus: Identify Candlepin and Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager versions in use.; Upgrade Candlepin to 0.7.24 or later where applicable.; Upgrade Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager to 1.2.1 or later where applicable..
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908613CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/candlepin/candlepin/blob/master/candlepin.specCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/candlepin/candlepin/commit/f4d93230e58b969c506b4c9778e04482a059b08cCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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