(RHSA-2013:1514) Critical: spacewalk-java security update

Red Hat Satellite is a systems management tool for Linux-based infrastructures.
It allows for provisioning, monitoring, and remote management of multiple Linux
deployments with a single, centralized tool. The spacewalk-java packages contain
the code for the Java version of the Spacewalk Web site.

It was found that the web interface provided by Red Hat Satellite to create the
initial administrator user was not disabled after the initial user was created.
A remote attacker could use this flaw to create an administrator user with
credentials they specify. This user could then be used to assume control of the
Satellite server. (CVE-2013-4480)

This issue was discovered by Andrew Spurrier of Red Hat.

All spacewalk-java users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.