FKIE_CVE-2016-4996
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-07-17 13:18 - Updated: 2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
Summary
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
| URL | Tags | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| secalert@redhat.com | https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336 | Third Party Advisory | |
| secalert@redhat.com | https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349136 | Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336 | Third Party Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349136 | Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory |
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | satellite | 6.3 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 7.0 |
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Nomenclature
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