CVE-2009-4139

A flaw was found in Spacewalk Java site packages. This cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability allows a remote attacker to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users. This can lead to unauthorized actions, including disabling user accounts, adding new user accounts, or escalating privileges by modifying existing user accounts to have administrator access.

CVSS v3 6.8 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

6.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025674
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0879.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4139
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529483
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68074
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025674
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0879.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529483
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68074

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:network_satellite_server:5.3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:network_satellite_server:5.4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:network_satellite_server:5.4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:spacewalk-java:1.2.39:::::::*

History

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Information

Published : 2011-07-27 02:55

Updated : 2026-06-16 23:13

NVD link : CVE-2009-4139

Mitre link : CVE-2009-4139

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2009-4139

JSON object : View

Products Affected

redhat

network_satellite_server
spacewalk-java

CWE

CWE-346

Origin Validation Error

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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