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1 vulnerability found for Red Hat Network Proxy v 5.4 by Red Hat

CVE-2012-0059 (GCVE-0-2012-0059)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-02-05 18:00
Modified
2026-11-05 02:56
CWE
  • CWE-209 - Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information
Summary
A flaw was found in Spacewalk-backend. This information disclosure vulnerability occurs when a system registration XML-RPC call fails, causing cleartext user passwords to be included in error messages. Remote administrators can exploit this by reading server logs and emails, leading to the unauthorized disclosure of user passwords.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Red Hat Red Hat Network Proxy v 5.4 Unaffected: 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:network_proxy:5.4::el5
    cpe:/a:redhat:network_proxy:5.4::el6
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   Red Hat Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.4 Unaffected: 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat   < *
    cpe:/a:redhat:network_satellite:5.4::el5
    cpe:/a:redhat:network_satellite:5.4::el6
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6     cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6     cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6     cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:6
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7     cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7
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   Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7     cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7
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