CVE-2012-0059
Spacewalk-backend: spacewalk-backend: information disclosure via cleartext passwords in error messages
MEDIUM
4.9
CVSS Score
Published: February 5, 2014 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:36 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorSatelliteNetwork Proxy
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Severity
MEDIUM4.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
Spacewalk-backend in Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite and Proxy 5.4 includes cleartext user passwords in an error message when a system registration XML-RPC call fails, which allows remote administrators to obtain the password by reading (1) the server log and (2) an email.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
CVSS
4.9MEDIUMredhat
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- HIGH
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-310CWE-209
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