CVE-2012-0059

A flaw was found in Spacewalk-backend. This information disclosure vulnerability occurs when a system registration XML-RPC call fails, causing cleartext user passwords to be included in error messages. Remote administrators can exploit this by reading server logs and emails, leading to the unauthorized disclosure of user passwords.

Score

CVSS 3.1 4.9 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2014-02-05

Last modified

2026-04-02

Weaknesses

CWE-209, CWE-310

Affected products

• Enterprise Linux (Redhat)
• Network Proxy (Redhat)
• Satellite (Redhat)

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0101.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0102.html
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0059