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medium 6.4

CVE-2009-0788 json

Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite Server 5.3 and 5.4 does not properly rewrite unspecified URLs, which allows remote attackers to (1) obtain…

published 2011-04-18 15 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-0786

cvss
6.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite Server 5.3 and 5.4 does not properly rewrite unspecified URLs, which allows remote attackers to (1) obtain unspecified sensitive host information or (2) use the server as an inadvertent proxy to connect to arbitrary services and IP addresses via unspecified vectors.

Patch / fix

  • spacewalk-config network satellite 5.3 0.5.9-16.el4sat
  • spacewalk-config network satellite 5.3 0.5.9-16.el5sat
  • spacewalk-config network satellite 5.4 1.2.2-2.el5sat
  • spacewalk-backend network satellite 5.3 0.5.28-59.2.el4sat
  • spacewalk-backend network satellite 5.3 0.5.28-59.2.el5sat
  • spacewalk-backend network satellite 5.4 1.2.13-37.el5sat
  • spacewalk-backend-xp network satellite 5.3 0.5.28-59.2.el4sat
  • spacewalk-backend-xp network satellite 5.3 0.5.28-59.2.el5sat

red hat advisories RHSA-2011:0434

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-0788 updated cvss 3.3

rhn_satellite: Incorrect mod_rewrite rules (information disclosure, abuse as distributed DoS tool)

  • Red Hat Satellite 5.3 (RHEL v.4) spacewalk-config 0.5.9-16.el4sat, spacewalk-backend 0.5.28-59.2.el4sat, spacewalk-backend-xp 0.5.28-59.2.el4sat, spacewalk-backend-app 0.5.28-59.2.el4sat, spacewalk-backend-iss 0.5.28-59.2.el4sat, spacewalk-backend-sql 0.5.28-59.2.el4sat, +11 more Red Hat Satellite 5.3 (RHEL v.5) spacewalk-config 0.5.9-16.el5sat, spacewalk-backend 0.5.28-59.2.el5sat, spacewalk-backend-xp 0.5.28-59.2.el5sat, spacewalk-backend-app 0.5.28-59.2.el5sat, spacewalk-backend-iss 0.5.28-59.2.el5sat, spacewalk-backend-sql 0.5.28-59.2.el5sat, +11 more Red Hat Satellite 5.4 (RHEL v.5) spacewalk-config 1.2.2-2.el5sat, spacewalk-backend 1.2.13-37.el5sat, spacewalk-backend-xp 1.2.13-37.el5sat, spacewalk-backend-app 1.2.13-37.el5sat, spacewalk-backend-iss 1.2.13-37.el5sat, spacewalk-backend-sql 1.2.13-37.el5sat, +13 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2011:0434

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Exploit prediction

1.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.