CVE-2012-0059

Spacewalk-backend in Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite and Proxy 5.4 includes cleartext user passwords in an error message when a system registration XML-RPC call fails, which allows remote administrators to obtain the password by reading (1) the server log and (2) an email.

CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0101.html	Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0102.html	Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0101.html	Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0102.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:network_proxy:5.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:5.4:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2014-02-05 18:55

Updated : 2025-04-11 00:51

NVD link : CVE-2012-0059

Mitre link : CVE-2012-0059

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-0059

JSON object : View

Products Affected

redhat

network_proxy
satellite

CWE

CWE-310

Cryptographic Issues

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