CVE-2016-3097
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in spacewalk-java in Red Hat Satellite 5.7 allows remote...
CVE-2016-3097 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Redhat Satellite, published May 19, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.07%, the 64th percentile. Fixed in spacewalk-java 0:2.3.8-147.el6sat.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in spacewalk-java in Red Hat Satellite 5.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a group name, related to viewing snapshot data.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
6.1
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in spacewalk-java in Red Hat Satellite 5.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a group name, related to viewing snapshot data.
- Record
CVE-2016-3097- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in spacewalk-java in Red Hat Satellite 5.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a group name, related to viewing snapshot data.
- Record
CVE-2016-3097- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-4153 No score
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in spacewalk-java in Red Hat Satellite 5.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a group name, related to viewing snapshot data.
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EUVD-2016-4153- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9rfp-6p29-4x68
6.1
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in spacewalk-java in Red Hat Satellite 5.7 allows remote...
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in spacewalk-java in Red Hat Satellite 5.7 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a group name, related to viewing snapshot data.
- Record
GHSA-9rfp-6p29-4x68- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2016:1484
5.4
Red Hat Security Advisory: spacewalk-java security and bug fix update
- Record
RHSA-2016:1484- CVSS 3.0
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2016:1367-1 No score
Security update for SUSE Manager Server 2.1
This update for SUSE Manager Server 2.1 fixes the following issues:
cobbler:
- Add logrotate file for cobbler (bsc#976826)
- Fix cobbler yaboot handling (bsc#968406, bsc#966622)
osad:
- Fix file permissions (bsc#970550)
rhnlib:
- Use TLSv1_METHOD in SSL Context (bsc#970989)
spacewalk-backend:
- Mgr_ncc_sync: Adapt to bulk scheduling introduced in scheduleSingleSatRepoSync
spacewalk-branding:
- Fix link to 'Schedule patch updates' (bsc#973432)
- Fix link to scheduled action for SP migration (bsc#968257, bsc#974315)
- Fix: 'Advanced Search' title consistency
spacewalk-certs-tools:
- Fix file permissions (bsc#970550)
spacewalk-java:
- Recreate upgrade paths on every refresh (bsc#978166)
- Call cobbler sync after cobbler command is finished (bsc#966890)
- Under high load, the service wrapper may incorrectly interpret the inability to get a response in time from taskomatic and kill it (bsc#962253)
- Log permissions problems on channel access while SP migration (bsc#970223)
- Unittests: support SLE-POS 11 SP3 as addon for SLES 11 SP4 (bsc#976194)
- Mgr-sync: use bulk channel reposync (bsc#961002)
- Double the backslashes when reading the config files from java (bsc#958923)
- When generating repo metadata for a cloned channel, recursively fetch keywords from the original channel (bsc#970901)
- Better logging for SP Migration feature (bsc#970223)
- Fix: 'Advanced Search' title consistency
- CVE-2015-0284: XSS when altering user details and going somewhere where you are choosing user (bsc#922740)
- CVE-2016-3079, CVE-2016-2103, CVE-2016-2104, CVE-2016-3097: Fix multiple XSS vulnerabilities (bsc#973162, bsc#974011, bsc#974010, bsc#973550)
- BugFix: 'Systems > Advanced Search' title and description consistency (bsc#966737)
- Fix: correct behavior with visibility conditions of sub-tabs in Systems/Misc page
- BugFix: add missing url mapping (bsc#961565)
- Fix kernel and initrd pathes for creating autoinstallation tries (bsc#966622)
- Fix tests for HAE-GEO on SLES 4 SAP (bsc#970425)
- Add unit tests for SLE-Live-Patching12 (bsc#924298)
spacewalk-utils:
- Bugfix: don't repeat channel labels
- Taskotop: a utility to monitor what Taskomatic is doing
- Fix file permissions (bsc#970550)
suseRegisterInfo:
- Fix file permissions (bsc#970550)
susemanager:
- Add packages to bootstrap repo (bsc#971237)
- Mgr-sync: use bulk channel reposync (bsc#961002)
- Mgr_ncc_sync: adapt to bulk scheduling introduced in scheduleSingleSatRepoSync
- Add SLES 4 SAP to mgr-create-bootstap-repo as an option (bsc#972341)
- Put packages only available in SLE12 SP1 in a seperate list (bsc#970672)
- Fix file permissions (bsc#970550)
susemanager-sync-data:
- Support SLE-POS 11 SP3 as addon for SLES 11 SP4 (bsc#976194)
- HAE-GEO is an addon product for SLES 4 SAP (bsc#970425)
- Add support for SLE-Live-Patching12 (bsc#924298, bsc#968851)
susemanager-tftpsync:
- Rename change_tftpd_proxies.py to sync_post_tftpd_proxies.py and change trigger type (bsc#966890)
How to apply this update:
- Log in as root user to the SUSE Manager server.
- Stop the Spacewalk service: spacewalk-service stop
- Apply the patch using either zypper patch or YaST Online Update.
- Start the Spacewalk service: spacewalk-service start
- Record
SUSE-SU-2016:1367-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
spacewalk-javaRed Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6 |
before 0:2.3.8-147.el6sat | 0:2.3.8-147.el6sat |
spacewalk-java-configRed Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6 |
before 0:2.3.8-147.el6sat | 0:2.3.8-147.el6sat |
spacewalk-java-libRed Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6 |
before 0:2.3.8-147.el6sat | 0:2.3.8-147.el6sat |
spacewalk-java-oracleRed Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6 |
before 0:2.3.8-147.el6sat | 0:2.3.8-147.el6sat |
spacewalk-java-postgresqlRed Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6 |
before 0:2.3.8-147.el6sat | 0:2.3.8-147.el6sat |
spacewalk-taskomaticRed Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6 |
before 0:2.3.8-147.el6sat | 0:2.3.8-147.el6sat |
cobblerSUSE:Manager 2.1 |
before 2.2.2-0.61.2 | 2.2.2-0.61.2 |
osadSUSE:Manager 2.1 |
before 5.11.33.11-15.2 | 5.11.33.11-15.2 |
rhnlibSUSE:Manager 2.1 |
before 2.5.69.8-11.2 | 2.5.69.8-11.2 |
spacewalk-backendSUSE:Manager 2.1 |
before 2.1.55.25-24.5 | 2.1.55.25-24.5 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
spacewalk-brandingSUSE:Manager 2.1 |
before 2.1.33.16-18.2 | 2.1.33.16-18.2 |
spacewalk-certs-toolsSUSE:Manager 2.1 |
before 2.1.6.10-18.3 | 2.1.6.10-18.3 |
spacewalk-javaSUSE:Manager 2.1 |
before 2.1.165.23-20.1 | 2.1.165.23-20.1 |
spacewalk-utilsSUSE:Manager 2.1 |
before 2.1.27.15-12.7 | 2.1.27.15-12.7 |
suseRegisterInfoSUSE:Manager 2.1 |
before 2.1.12-14.2 | 2.1.12-14.2 |
susemanagerSUSE:Manager 2.1 |
before 2.1.24-23.1 | 2.1.24-23.1 |
susemanager-sync-dataSUSE:Manager 2.1 |
before 2.1.15-30.2 | 2.1.15-30.2 |
susemanager-tftpsyncSUSE:Manager 2.1 |
before 2.1.2-11.2 | 2.1.2-11.2 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322747
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1484.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3097
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1484
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3097
github.com/advisories/GHSA-9rfp-6p29-4x68
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access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1320942
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322710
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2016/rhsa-2016_1484.json
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3080
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3080
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3080
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3097
suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20161367-1
bugzilla.suse.com/922740
bugzilla.suse.com/924298
bugzilla.suse.com/958923
bugzilla.suse.com/961002
bugzilla.suse.com/961565
bugzilla.suse.com/962253
bugzilla.suse.com/966622
bugzilla.suse.com/966737
bugzilla.suse.com/966890
bugzilla.suse.com/968257
bugzilla.suse.com/968406
bugzilla.suse.com/968851
bugzilla.suse.com/970223
bugzilla.suse.com/970425
bugzilla.suse.com/970550
bugzilla.suse.com/970672
bugzilla.suse.com/970901
bugzilla.suse.com/970989
bugzilla.suse.com/971237
bugzilla.suse.com/972341
bugzilla.suse.com/973162
bugzilla.suse.com/973432
bugzilla.suse.com/973550
bugzilla.suse.com/974010
bugzilla.suse.com/974011
bugzilla.suse.com/974315
bugzilla.suse.com/976194
bugzilla.suse.com/976826
bugzilla.suse.com/978166
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0284
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2103
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2104
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3079
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3097