CVE-2012-2664
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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 v2 metrics
| Base Score | 1.9 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Local |
| 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 Enterprise Linux 6 (sos) | RHSA-2012:0958 | 2012-06-19 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (sos) | RHSA-2013:1121 | 2013-07-30 |
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