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FKIE_CVE-2013-2069

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-05-29 00:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:52

Severity

Summary

Red Hat livecd-tools before 13.4.4, 17.x before 17.17, 18.x before 18.16, and 19.x before 19.3, when a rootpw directive is not set in a Kickstart file, sets the root user password to empty, which allows local users to gain privileges.

References

URL	Tags
secalert@redhat.com	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0849.html	Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/2	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60119	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.com	https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/red-hat-and-other-third-party-public-amis-security-concern/	Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=964299	Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84488	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0849.html	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/2	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60119	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/red-hat-and-other-third-party-public-amis-security-concern/	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=964299	Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84488	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
redhat	livecd-tools	*
redhat	livecd-tools	*
redhat	livecd-tools	*
redhat	livecd-tools	*

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CVE-2013-2069 (GCVE-0-2013-2069)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-05-29 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:27

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletin…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60119	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/2	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=964299	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0849.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

Date Public

2013-05-23 00:00

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CVE-2013-2069 (GCVE-0-2013-2069)

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