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.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAccess VectorNetwork
AC:MAccess ComplexityMedium
Au:NAuthenticationNone
Impact
C:PConfidentialityPartial
I:NIntegrityNone
A:NAvailabilityNone
Weaknesses
Affected Products
The CentOS Project
oss-project·USaka centos
redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
and 1 more affected products View all →
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
References
http://lwn.net/Alerts/561600
lwn.net
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
oracle.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0958.html
rhn.redhat.com
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