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CVE-2016-3079

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Web UI in Spacewalk and Red Hat...

6.1 Medium

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Web UI in Spacewalk and Red Hat Satellite 5.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the PATH_INFO to systems/SystemEntitlements.do; (2) the label parameter to admin/multiorg/EntitlementDetails.do; or the name of a (3) snapshot tag or (4) system group in System Set Manager (SSM).

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

1.58%Up 0.2 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.1

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Web UI in Spacewalk and Red Hat Satellite 5.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the PATH_INFO to systems/SystemEntitlements.do; (2) the label parameter to admin/multiorg/EntitlementDetails.do; or the name of a (3) snapshot tag or (4) system group in System Set Manager (SSM).

Record
CVE-2016-3079
CVSS 3.0
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness
CWE-79
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Web UI in Spacewalk and Red Hat Satellite 5.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the PATH_INFO to systems/SystemEntitlements.do; (2) the label parameter to admin/multiorg/EntitlementDetails.do; or the name of a (3) snapshot tag or (4) system group in System Set Manager (SSM).

Record
CVE-2016-3079
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-4148 No score

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Web UI in Spacewalk and Red Hat Satellite 5.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the PATH_INFO to systems/SystemEntitlements.do; (2) the label parameter to admin/multiorg/EntitlementDetails.do; or the name of a (3) snapshot tag or (4) system group in System Set Manager (SSM).

Record
EUVD-2016-4148
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rh9g-8vr9-r79f 6.1

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Web UI in Spacewalk and Red Hat...

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Web UI in Spacewalk and Red Hat Satellite 5.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the PATH_INFO to systems/SystemEntitlements.do; (2) the label parameter to admin/multiorg/EntitlementDetails.do; or the name of a (3) snapshot tag or (4) system group in System Set Manager (SSM).

Record
GHSA-rh9g-8vr9-r79f
CVSS 3.0
6.1 MediumCVSS: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
OSV 6.1

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Web UI in Spacewalk and Red Hat Satellite 5.7 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the PATH_INFO to systems/SystemEntitlements.do; (2) the label parameter to admin/multiorg/EntitlementDetails.do; or the name of a (3) snapshot tag or (4) system group in System Set Manager (SSM).

Record
CVE-2016-3079
CVSS 3.0
6.1 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:

  1. Log in as root user to the SUSE Manager server.
  2. Stop the Spacewalk service: spacewalk-service stop
  3. Apply the patch using either zypper patch or YaST Online Update.
  4. Start the Spacewalk service: spacewalk-service start
Record
SUSE-SU-2016:1367-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
spacewalk-java
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:2.3.8-134.el6sat
0:2.3.8-134.el6sat
spacewalk-java-config
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:2.3.8-134.el6sat
0:2.3.8-134.el6sat
spacewalk-java-lib
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:2.3.8-134.el6sat
0:2.3.8-134.el6sat
spacewalk-java-oracle
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:2.3.8-134.el6sat
0:2.3.8-134.el6sat
spacewalk-java-postgresql
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:2.3.8-134.el6sat
0:2.3.8-134.el6sat
spacewalk-taskomatic
Red Hat:network_satellite:5.7::el6
From an advisory covering 4 CVEs
before 0:2.3.8-134.el6sat
0:2.3.8-134.el6sat
cobbler
SUSE:Manager 2.1
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 2.2.2-0.61.2
2.2.2-0.61.2
osad
SUSE:Manager 2.1
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 5.11.33.11-15.2
5.11.33.11-15.2
rhnlib
SUSE:Manager 2.1
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 2.5.69.8-11.2
2.5.69.8-11.2
spacewalk-backend
SUSE:Manager 2.1
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 2.1.55.25-24.5
2.1.55.25-24.5
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
spacewalk-branding
SUSE:Manager 2.1
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 2.1.33.16-18.2
2.1.33.16-18.2
spacewalk-certs-tools
SUSE:Manager 2.1
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 2.1.6.10-18.3
2.1.6.10-18.3
spacewalk-java
SUSE:Manager 2.1
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 2.1.165.23-20.1
2.1.165.23-20.1
spacewalk-utils
SUSE:Manager 2.1
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 2.1.27.15-12.7
2.1.27.15-12.7
suseRegisterInfo
SUSE:Manager 2.1
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 2.1.12-14.2
2.1.12-14.2
susemanager
SUSE:Manager 2.1
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 2.1.24-23.1
2.1.24-23.1
susemanager-sync-data
SUSE:Manager 2.1
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 2.1.15-30.2
2.1.15-30.2
susemanager-tftpsync
SUSE:Manager 2.1
From an advisory covering 5 CVEs
before 2.1.2-11.2
2.1.2-11.2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-3079 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) in Redhat Satellite, published April 14, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.58%, the 75th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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