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 attackers to obtain passwords or password hashes.
Published:Feb 14, 2012
Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
EPS:Jun 29, 2012
EPSS Score:0.0034
CVSS Score:4.3
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Enterprise Linux
Redhat
Enterprise Linux
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Sos
Redhat
Sos
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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Attack Vector
Network
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User Interaction
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Confidentiality
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Integrity
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Availability
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