CVE-2016-9595
lowpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.004 · 34 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A flaw was found in katello-debug before 3.4.0 where certain scripts and log files used insecure temporary files. A local user could exploit this flaw to conduct a symbolic-link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 3.6–7.3
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affected products (4)
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references (10)
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- http://www.katello.org/cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1406729cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9595cnnvd
- https://theforeman.org/plugins/katello/Patchcnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95080cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9595enisa_euvd
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