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FKIE_CVE-2014-0189

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-05-02 14:55 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:02
Severity
Summary
virt-who uses world-readable permissions for /etc/sysconfig/virt-who, which allows local users to obtain password for hypervisors by reading the file.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0430.htmlThird Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/28/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67089Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1081286Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1088732Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0430.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/28/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67089Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1081286Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1088732Issue Tracking
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
virt-who_project virt-who -
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