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CVE-2012-6119

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6119 describes a vulnerability in Candlepin before version 0.7.24 and Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager before 1.2.1, where improper manifest signature checking allows local users to modify manifests. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score (2.1), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact limited to integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:candlepinproject:candlepin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:candlepinproject:candlepin:0.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:candlepinproject:candlepin:0.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:candlepinproject:candlepin:0.4.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.5.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:candlepinproject:candlepin:0.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0042 is in the 62nd percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 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 (12)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1.2Fixed in: candlepin-0:0.7.24-1.el6_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1.2Fixed in: katello-0:1.2.1.1-1h.el6_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1.2Fixed in: katello-configure-0:1.2.3.1-4h.el6_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1.2Fixed in: rubygem-actionpack-1:3.0.10-12.el6cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1.2Fixed in: rubygem-activemodel-0:3.0.10-3.el6cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1.2Fixed in: rubygem-delayed_job-0:2.1.4-3.el6cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1.2Fixed in: rubygem-json-0:1.7.3-2.el6_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1.2Fixed in: rubygem-nokogiri-0:1.5.0-0.9.beta4.el6cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1.2Fixed in: rubygem-rack-1:1.3.0-4.el6cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1.2Fixed in: rubygem-rails_warden-0:0.5.5-2.el6cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1.2Fixed in: rubygem-rdoc-0:3.8-6.el6cf
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1.2Fixed in: thumbslug-0:0.0.28.1-1.el6_4
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-6119Moderate

Candlepin: Re-enable manifest signature checking

Jun 27, 2012

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0686.html
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/52774
Vendor Advisory
github.com / candlepin/candlepin/blob/master/candlepin.spec
github.com / candlepin/candlepin/commit/f4d93230e58b969c506b4c9778e04482a059b08c
osvdb.org / 91719