The Subscription Manager package (aka subscription-manager) before 1.17.7-1 for Candlepin uses weak permissions (755) for subscription-manager cache directories, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading files in the directories.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-5444 The Subscription Manager package (aka subscription-manager) before 1.17.7-1 for Candlepin uses weak permissions (755) for subscription-manager cache directories, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading files in the directories.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:32:25.441Z

Reserved: 2016-05-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4455

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-04-14T18:59:00.297

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-4455

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-05-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4455 - Bugzilla

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