Red Hat livecd-tools up to 19.2 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat livecd-tools up to 19.2. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2013-2069. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat livecd-tools up to 19.2 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Red Hat livecd-tools before 13.4.4, 17.x before 17.17, 18.x before 18.16, and 19.x before 19.3, when a rootpw directive is not set in a Kickstart file, sets the root user password to empty, which allows local users to gain privileges.

The weakness was published 05/28/2013 with Amazon as Bug 964299 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-2069 since 02/19/2013. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67385 (Fedora 19 : livecd-tools-19.4-1.fc19 (2013-9827)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 17.15 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (84488), Tenable (67385), SecurityFocus (BID 60119†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-40022†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 67385
Nessus Name: Fedora 19 : livecd-tools-19.4-1.fc19 (2013-9827)
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OpenVAS ID: 866950
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for livecd-tools FEDORA-2013-13131
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: livecd-tools 17.15

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05/23/2013 +93 days 🔍
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06/16/2013 +19 days 🔍
07/12/2013 +26 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +620 days 🔍
01/03/2022 +2477 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: Bug 964299
Organization: Amazon
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-2069 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-2069
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-64210
X-Force: 84488
SecurityFocus: 60119 - Red Hat 'livecd-tools' CVE-2013-2069 Local Security Bypass Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 40022 - RedHat livecd-tools Empty Root User Password Allows Loval Privilege Escalation - CVE-2013-2069, High

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 01/03/2022 07:17
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (67), 05/03/2017 16:10 (5), 01/03/2022 07:17 (3)
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