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CVE-2012-2664
The sosreport utility in the Red Hat sos package before 2.2-29 does not remove the root user password information from the Kickstart…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.4%
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Description
The sosreport utility in the Red Hat sos package before 2.2-29 does not remove the root user password information from the Kickstart configuration file (/root/anaconda-ks.cfg) when creating an archive of debugging information, which might allow attackers to obtain passwords or password hashes.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 27% 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 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:0958 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:1121 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- sos-anaconda-info-disclosure(76468) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 54116 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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