Description
A flaw was found in Red Hat Network Satellite. The Inter-Satellite Sync (ISS) operation, which synchronizes data between satellites, does not properly verify the authenticity of clients. This allows remote attackers to bypass the initial authentication process and obtain sensitive channel content. This vulnerability leads to unauthorized information disclosure.
Published: 2013-07-31
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 2.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Vendor Workaround

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-2038 The Inter-Satellite Sync (ISS) operation in Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite 5.3, 5.4, and 5.5 does not properly check client "authenticity," which allows remote attackers to obtain channel content by skipping the initial authentication call.
History

Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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Description The Inter-Satellite Sync (ISS) operation in Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite 5.3, 5.4, and 5.5 does not properly check client "authenticity," which allows remote attackers to obtain channel content by skipping the initial authentication call. A flaw was found in Red Hat Network Satellite. The Inter-Satellite Sync (ISS) operation, which synchronizes data between satellites, does not properly verify the authenticity of clients. This allows remote attackers to bypass the initial authentication process and obtain sensitive channel content. This vulnerability leads to unauthorized information disclosure.
Title Satellite: Inter-Satellite Sync (ISS) does not require authentication/authorization Red hat network satellite: red hat network satellite: information disclosure via inter-satellite sync (iss) authentication bypass
Weaknesses CWE-306
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:network_satellite:5.4::el6
cpe:/a:redhat:network_satellite:5.5::el6
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


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Redhat Network Satellite Satellite
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-30T16:36:48.938Z

Reserved: 2013-02-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-2056

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-07-31T13:20:24.697

Modified: 2026-10-30T17:17:07.210

Link: CVE-2013-2056

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2013-2056 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-287

    Improper Authentication

  • CWE-306

    Missing Authentication for Critical Function