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CVE-2009-0788

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0788 affects Red Hat Network Satellite Server versions 5.3 and 5.4, stemming from improper URL rewriting. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to either gain sensitive host information or use the server as an unintended proxy to access arbitrary services and IP addresses. With a CVSS score of 6.4, it presents a medium severity risk with low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:network_satellite_server:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:network_satellite_server:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0171 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 23,705 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.3Fixed in: spacewalk-backend-0:0.5.28-59.2.el5sat
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.3Fixed in: spacewalk-config-0:0.5.9-16.el5sat
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.4Fixed in: spacewalk-backend-0:1.2.13-37.el5sat
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.4Fixed in: spacewalk-config-0:1.2.2-2.el5sat
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-0788Moderate

rhn_satellite: Incorrect mod_rewrite rules (information disclosure, abuse as distributed DoS tool)

Apr 11, 2011

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/44150
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/66691
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0434.html
securityfocus.com / bid/47316
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0967
Vendor Advisory