CVE-2012-0059 (GCVE-0-2012-0059)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-02-05 18:00 – Updated: 2026-04-02 23:42
VLAI?
Title
Spacewalk-backend: spacewalk-backend: information disclosure via cleartext passwords in error messages
Summary
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.
Severity ?
4.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-209 - Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6     cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
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Date Public ?
2014-02-05 18:00
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