# CVE-2012-6119: Candlepin before 0.7.24, as used in Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager before 1.2.1, does not properly check manifest signatures, which allo

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2013-04-02 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Candlepin before 0.7.24, as used in Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager before 1.2.1, does not properly check manifest signatures, which allows local users to modify manifests.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/52774
- http://www.osvdb.org/91719
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908613
- https://github.com/candlepin/candlepin/blob/master/candlepin.spec
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0686.html
- https://github.com/candlepin/candlepin/commit/f4d93230e58b969c506b4c9778e04482a059b08c

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