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CVE-2016-4996

N/A
Published: July 14, 2017 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:48 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorSatelliteEnterprise Linux Server

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

discovery-debug in Foreman before 6.2 when the ssh service has been enabled on discovered nodes displays the root password in plaintext in the system journal when used to log in, which allows local users with access to the system journal to obtain the root password by reading the system journal, or by clicking Logs on the console.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Satellite· Red Hatrpm
95%
6.3
redhat-enterprise-linux-server (environment)
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygemsdevice
80%
All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (2)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349136

CVSS

1.9LOW[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-255

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