Enterprise MrgOperating system · Redhat
CVE-2013-4404
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedcumin in Red Hat Enterprise MRG Grid 2.4 does not properly enforce user roles, which allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended role restrictions and obtain sensitive information or perform privileged operations via unspecified vectors.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCumin, a component of Red Hat Enterprise MRG Grid 2.4, fails to properly enforce role-based access controls. Authenticated users can bypass their assigned role restrictions, allowing them to access sensitive information or execute privileged operations that should be restricted to higher-privilege roles.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Enterprise MrgOperating system
= 2.4CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- Single
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify if Cumin is installedCheck for the presence of cumin packages or binaries on the system using package manager commands (e.g., rpm -qa | grep -i cumin, dpkg -l | grep -i cumin, or which cumin)Affected if Cumin package is found and version resolves to 2.4 exactly
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Confirm installed Cumin versionQuery the installed cumin package version directly (e.g., rpm -q cumin or rpm -qi cumin) and verify it matches 2.4Affected if Installed version is Red Hat Enterprise MRG Grid Cumin version 2.4
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Verify RBAC configuration existsExamine cumin configuration files for role-based access control settings - typically found in /etc/cumin/, /opt/cumin/conf/, or locations specified in cumin documentationAffected if RBAC is configured and enabled in cumin settings (the bypass vulnerability requires RBAC to be in use)
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Review user role mappingsInspect cumin user role assignment files or database to identify which roles are assigned to which authenticated usersAffected if Multiple role tiers exist (e.g., admin, operator, viewer) with users assigned to lower-privilege roles - the vulnerability allows these role restrictions to be bypassed
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Audit for unexpected privileged accessReview cumin access logs, audit logs, or command history for authenticated users performing actions outside their assigned role permissionsAffected if Logs show users executing operations or accessing data that should be restricted to higher-privilege roles than their assigned role
System is affected if Cumin version 2.4 is installed with RBAC enabled and users have assigned roles that can be bypassed to access privileged operations.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataRestrict network access to cumin services to trusted users only until a patched version is available from Red Hat. Review user role assignments and audit access logs for unauthorized privileged actions.
Fix this in Enterprise Mrg
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation4.0 h
- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2013-4404 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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