---
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'
---

## Overview

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 exposed to unauthorized parties.

## 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)`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

### Workarounds

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.