{"id":"CVE-2012-5562","title":"Rhn-proxy: rhn-satellite: rhn-proxy: information disclosure via clear-text credential transmission when accessing rhn satellite","summary":"A flaw was found in rhn-proxy. This vulnerability may allow the rhn-proxy to transmit user credentials in clear-text when it accesses RHN Satellite. This could lead to information disclosure, where sensitive authentication details are ex…","severity":"high","cvss":8.6,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-319"],"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"eventReceivers","affected":["eventReceivers (all versions)","gc (all versions)","jabberd (all versions)","jabberd-selinux (all versions)","libapreq2 (all versions)","libgsasl (all versions)","libntlm (all versions)","MessageQueue (all versions)","mod_wsgi (all versions)","nocpulse-common (all versions)","nocpulse-db-perl (all versions)","NOCpulsePlugins (all versions)","NPalert (all versions)","oracle-config (all versions)","oracle-instantclient (all versions)","oracle-instantclient-selinux (all versions)","oracle-selinux (all versions)","perl-BerkeleyDB (all versions)","perl-Class-MethodMaker (all versions)","perl-Class-Singleton (all versions)","perl-Config-IniFiles (all versions)","perl-Convert-BinHex (all versions)","perl-Crypt-DES (all versions)","perl-Crypt-GeneratePassword (all versions)","perl-DateTime (all versions)","perl-DateTime-Locale (all versions)","perl-DateTime-TimeZone (all versions)","perl-DBD-Oracle (all versions)","perl-Email-Date-Format (all versions)","perl-Error (all versions)","perl-FreezeThaw (all versions)","perl-HTML-TableExtract (all versions)","perl-IO-stringy (all versions)","perl-List-MoreUtils (all versions)","perl-MailTools (all versions)","perl-MIME-Lite (all versions)","perl-MIME-tools (all versions)","perl-MIME-Types (all versions)","perl-Net-IPv4Addr (all versions)","perl-Net-LibIDN (all versions)","perl-Net-SNMP (all versions)","perl-NOCpulse-CLAC (all versions)","perl-NOCpulse-Debug (all versions)","perl-NOCpulse-Gritch (all versions)","perl-NOCpulse-Object (all versions)","perl-NOCpulse-OracleDB (all versions)","perl-NOCpulse-PersistentConnection (all versions)","perl-NOCpulse-Probe (all versions)","perl-NOCpulse-ProcessPool (all versions)","perl-NOCpulse-Scheduler (all versions)"],"published":"2019-12-02","updated":"2026-10-30","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-30T16:38:15.122Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5562","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2013:1392","label":"RHEA-2013:1392"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5562"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5562"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5562"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5562"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.01019,"epssPercentile":0.63469,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-05T16:24:31.088Z","slug":"CVE-2012-5562","body":"## Overview\n\nA flaw was found in rhn-proxy. This vulnerability may allow the rhn-proxy to transmit user credentials in clear-text when it accesses RHN Satellite. This could lead to information disclosure, where sensitive authentication details are exposed to unauthorized parties.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `eventReceivers (all versions)`\n- `gc (all versions)`\n- `jabberd (all versions)`\n- `jabberd-selinux (all versions)`\n- `libapreq2 (all versions)`\n- `libgsasl (all versions)`\n- `libntlm (all versions)`\n- `MessageQueue (all versions)`\n- `mod_wsgi (all versions)`\n- `nocpulse-common (all versions)`\n- `nocpulse-db-perl (all versions)`\n- `NOCpulsePlugins (all versions)`\n- `NPalert (all versions)`\n- `oracle-config (all versions)`\n- `oracle-instantclient (all versions)`\n- `oracle-instantclient-selinux (all versions)`\n- `oracle-selinux (all versions)`\n- `perl-BerkeleyDB (all versions)`\n- `perl-Class-MethodMaker (all versions)`\n- `perl-Class-Singleton (all versions)`\n- `perl-Config-IniFiles (all versions)`\n- `perl-Convert-BinHex (all versions)`\n- `perl-Crypt-DES (all versions)`\n- `perl-Crypt-GeneratePassword (all versions)`\n- `perl-DateTime (all versions)`\n- `perl-DateTime-Locale (all versions)`\n- `perl-DateTime-TimeZone (all versions)`\n- `perl-DBD-Oracle (all versions)`\n- `perl-Email-Date-Format (all versions)`\n- `perl-Error (all versions)`\n- `perl-FreezeThaw (all versions)`\n- `perl-HTML-TableExtract (all versions)`\n- `perl-IO-stringy (all versions)`\n- `perl-List-MoreUtils (all versions)`\n- `perl-MailTools (all versions)`\n- `perl-MIME-Lite (all versions)`\n- `perl-MIME-tools (all versions)`\n- `perl-MIME-Types (all versions)`\n- `perl-Net-IPv4Addr (all versions)`\n- `perl-Net-LibIDN (all versions)`\n- `perl-Net-SNMP (all versions)`\n- `perl-NOCpulse-CLAC (all versions)`\n- `perl-NOCpulse-Debug (all versions)`\n- `perl-NOCpulse-Gritch (all versions)`\n- `perl-NOCpulse-Object (all versions)`\n- `perl-NOCpulse-OracleDB (all versions)`\n- `perl-NOCpulse-PersistentConnection (all versions)`\n- `perl-NOCpulse-Probe (all versions)`\n- `perl-NOCpulse-ProcessPool (all versions)`\n- `perl-NOCpulse-Scheduler (all versions)`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nMitigation 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.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":48,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":47.3,"likelihood":0.2,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}