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CVE-2011-2920medium5.5

Spacewalk: spacewalk: cross-site scripting vulnerability allows arbitrary web script execution.

Impact

A flaw was found in Spacewalk and Red Hat Network Satellite. This cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows a remote attacker to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into web pages through various input fields, such as the "Filter by Synopsis" field. This could lead to the execution of malicious code in a user's web browser, potentially compromising user sessions or disclosing sensitive information.

Source excerpt · redhat

What to do

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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Affected packages

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Affected products

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Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.4

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0:1.2.2-7.el5sat → before *

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unknown

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Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:/a:redhat:network_satellite:5.4::el5cpe:/a:redhat:network_satellite:5.4::el6

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Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.4

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affected

unaffected

0:1.2.39-98.el5sat → before *

rpm versions

unknown

Other versions: affected

Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:/a:redhat:network_satellite:5.4::el5cpe:/a:redhat:network_satellite:5.4::el6

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Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.4

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affected

unaffected

0:1.2.7-20.el5sat → before *

rpm versions

unknown

Other versions: affected

Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:/a:redhat:network_satellite:5.4::el5cpe:/a:redhat:network_satellite:5.4::el6

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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unknown

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Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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unknown

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Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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unknown

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Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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unknown

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Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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unknown

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Product identifiers (CPE)cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

Original source description

A flaw was found in Spacewalk and Red Hat Network Satellite. This cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows a remote attacker to inject arbitrary web script or HTML into web pages through various input fields, such as the "Filter by Synopsis" field. This could lead to the execution of malicious code in a user's web browser, potentially compromising user sessions or disclosing sensitive information.

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CVE-2011-2920

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Underlying weaknesses

The source’s classification of what caused the vulnerability.

CWE-79 ↗

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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Contributing organizations · 2
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Assigning organization

2026-10-30
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Additional data publisher

2024-08-06

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References

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www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1299.html
vendor-advisoryredhat · CVE
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1299
vendor-advisoryredhat
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2920
vdb-entryredhat
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
Source referenceredhat · CVE
www.redhat.com/archives/spacewalk-announce-list/2011-December/msg00000.html
mailing-listredhat · CVE