VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-2664
The sosreport utility in the Red Hat sos package before 2.2-29 does not remove the root user password information from the Kickstart configuration file (/root/anaconda-ks.cfg) when creating an archive of debugging information, which might allow…
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.43%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The sosreport utility in the Red Hat sos package before 2.2-29 does not remove the root user password information from the Kickstart configuration file (/root/anaconda-ks.cfg) when creating an archive of debugging information, which might allow attackers to obtain passwords or password hashes.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.43% probability · 71th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-255
- Affected
- redhat/sos
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0958.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1121.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54116
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76468
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0958.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1121.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54116
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76468
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.