CVE-2012-0059
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
Find out more about CVE-2012-0059 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 5.4 (RHEL v.6) (spacewalk-backend) | RHSA-2012:0101 | 2012-02-06 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.4 (RHEL v.5) (spacewalk-backend) | RHSA-2012:0101 | 2012-02-06 |
| Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.4 (RHEL v.5) (spacewalk-backend) | RHSA-2012:0102 | 2012-02-06 |
| Red Hat Satellite Proxy 5.4 (RHEL v.6) (spacewalk-backend) | RHSA-2012:0102 | 2012-02-06 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 5.4 | Server | Will not fix |
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