FKIE_CVE-2012-6117

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-03-12 22:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:47
Severity
Summary
Aeolus Configuration Server, as used in Red Hat CloudForms Cloud Engine before 1.1.2, uses world-readable permissions for /var/log/aeolus-configserver/configserver.log, which allows local users to read plaintext passwords by reading the log file.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0545.htmlVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875294Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0545.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875294Exploit
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
redhat cloudforms_cloud_engine *
redhat cloudforms_cloud_engine 1.0
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