FKIE_CVE-2012-6596

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-08-31 17:55 - Updated: 2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 4.0.x before 4.0.9 and 4.1.x before 4.1.3 stores cleartext LDAP bind passwords in authd.log, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading this file, aka Ref ID 35493.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2012-6596
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2012-6596
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
paloaltonetworks pan-os 4.0.0
paloaltonetworks pan-os 4.0.1
paloaltonetworks pan-os 4.0.2
paloaltonetworks pan-os 4.0.3
paloaltonetworks pan-os 4.0.4
paloaltonetworks pan-os 4.0.5
paloaltonetworks pan-os 4.0.6
paloaltonetworks pan-os 4.0.7
paloaltonetworks pan-os 4.0.8
paloaltonetworks pan-os 4.1.0
paloaltonetworks pan-os 4.1.1
paloaltonetworks pan-os 4.1.2
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