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Vulnerability Details : 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 configuration file (/root/anaconda-ks.cfg) when creating an archive of debugging information, which might allow attackers to obtain passwords or password hashes.
Publish Date : 2012-06-29 Last Update Date : 2012-08-01
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

Cvss Score
4.3
Confidentiality Impact Partial (There is considerable informational disclosure.)
Integrity Impact None (There is no impact to the integrity of the system)
Availability Impact None (There is no impact to the availability of the system.)
Access Complexity Medium (The access conditions are somewhat specialized. Some preconditions must be satistified to exploit)
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s) Obtain Information
CWE ID 255

- Additional Vendor Supplied Data

Vendor Impact CVSS Score CVSS Vector Report Date Publish Date
Redhat low
1.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 2012-02-14 2012-02-14
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- Related OVAL Definitions

Title Definition Id Class Family
RHSA-2012:0958: sos security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Low) oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20120958 unix
OVAL (Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language) definitions define exactly what should be done to verify a vulnerability or a missing patch. Check out the OVAL definitions if you want to learn what you should do to verify a vulnerability.

- Products Affected By CVE-2012-2664

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 Application Redhat SOS 2.2-18 Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Redhat SOS 1

- References For CVE-2012-2664

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0958.html
REDHAT RHSA-2012:0958
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54116
BID 54116 Red Hat Sos CVE-2012-2664 Information Disclosure Vulnerability Release Date:2012-07-03
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/76468
XF sos-anaconda-info-disclosure(76468)

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2012-2664

There are not any metasploit modules related to this vulnerability (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)


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