CVE-2012-3538 (GCVE-0-2012-3538)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-01-04 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:13
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Pulp in Red Hat CloudForms before 1.1 logs administrative passwords in a world-readable file, which allows local users to read pulp administrative passwords by reading production.log.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://osvdb.org/88139 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/51472 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1543.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56819 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Date Public
2012-12-04 00:00
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