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CVE-2012-0059

Spacewalk-backend: spacewalk-backend: information disclosure via cleartext passwords in error messages

Medium4.9EPSS 1.7%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
redhat

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2012-0059, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
redhatCNA (assigner)3.1Medium4.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVDNVD · Modified3.1Medium4.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.

Weakness

Affected products

  • Red Hat · Red Hat Network Proxy v 5.4

    • unaffected 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat – < *

  • Red Hat · Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.4

    • unaffected 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat – < *

  • Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

    All versions: unknown

  • Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

    All versions: unknown

  • Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

    All versions: unknown

  • Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

    All versions: unknown

  • Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

    All versions: unknown

What to do

Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

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Record last updated .