CVE-2009-4139

Summary

A flaw was found in Spacewalk Java site packages. This cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability allows a remote attacker to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users. This can lead to unauthorized actions, including disabling user accounts, adding new user accounts, or escalating privileges by modifying existing user accounts to have administrator access.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-346: Origin Validation Error

Workarounds

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• http://securitytracker.com/id?1025674
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68074
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529483
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0879.html

References

• http://securitytracker.com/id?1025674
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0879.html
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4139
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529483
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68074

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