CVE-2016-4996

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.
References
Link Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349136 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2017-07-17 13:18

Updated : 2024-02-28 16:04


NVD link : CVE-2016-4996

Mitre link : CVE-2016-4996

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-4996


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Products Affected

redhat

  • satellite
  • enterprise_linux_server
CWE
CWE-255

Credentials Management Errors