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SUSE-RU-2015:0793-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2013-12-02 16:20 - Updated: 2026-09-20 11:57

Summary

Security update for webyast

Severity

Moderate

Notes

Title of the patch: Security update for webyast

Description of the patch: The following security issue has been fixed: * CVE-2013-3709: webyast: local privilege escalation via secret rails tokens execution. This vulnerability was reported by joernchen of Phenoelit. Security Issue reference: * CVE-2013-3709 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-3709>

Patchnames: sleslms13-webyast-base,slestso13-webyast-base,slewyst13-webyast-base

CVE-2013-3709

Affected products

Recommended 6 products

Product	Version	Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Lifecycle Management Server 1.3:webyast-base-0:0.3.43.1-0.5.1.noarch	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Lifecycle Management Server 1.3:webyast-base-branding-default-0:0.3.43.1-0.5.1.noarch	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3:webyast-base-0:0.3.43.1-0.5.1.noarch	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3:webyast-base-branding-default-0:0.3.43.1-0.5.1.noarch	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE WebYast 1.3:webyast-base-0:0.3.43.1-0.5.1.noarch	—	Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE WebYast 1.3:webyast-base-branding-default-0:0.3.43.1-0.5.1.noarch	—	Vendor Fix

Threats

Impact important

References

8 references

URL	Category
https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/	external
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/s…	self
https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2015…	self
https://bugzilla.suse.com/851116	self
https://bugzilla.suse.com/926890	self
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3709/	self
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-3709	external
https://bugzilla.suse.com/851116	external

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CVE-2013-3709 (GCVE-0-2013-3709)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-12-23 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:14

Summary

WebYaST 1.3 uses weak permissions for config/initializers/secret_token.rb, which allows local users to gain privileges by reading the Rails secret token from this file.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

7 references

URL	Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/bl…	x_refsource_MISC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=851116	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2013-12-16 00:00

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    "assignerShortName": "mitre",
    "cveId": "CVE-2013-3709",
    "datePublished": "2013-12-23T23:00:00.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2013-05-30T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T16:14:56.756Z",
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CVE-2013-3709 (GCVE-0-2013-3709)

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