Red Hat sos 2.2-18 Configuration File credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Red Hat sos 2.2-18. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Configuration File. Such manipulation leads to credentials management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-2664. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat sos 2.2-18. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Configuration File. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-255. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was shared 06/29/2012 with Red Hat (Website). The advisory is available at rhn.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-2664 since 05/14/2012. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1552 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69162 (RHEL 5 : sos (RHSA-2013:1121)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 156650 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for SOS (ELSA-2013-1121)).

Upgrading to version 2.2-18 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (76468), Tenable (69162), SecurityFocus (BID 54116†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-35415†). The entries VDB-9747, VDB-80138, VDB-80155 and VDB-82304 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Nessus ID: 69162
Nessus Name: RHEL 5 : sos (RHSA-2013:1121)
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OpenVAS ID: 881136
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for sos CESA-2012:0958 centos6
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: sos 2.2-18

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: RHSA-2013:1121
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-2664 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2664
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61154

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X-Force: 76468
SecurityFocus: 54116 - Red Hat Sos CVE-2012-2664 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 35415 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Sos Root User\x27s Password Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/31/2024 08:21
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (60), 04/14/2017 10:13 (13), 12/05/2021 14:36 (3), 12/05/2021 14:40 (2), 12/31/2024 08:21 (18)
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