CVE-2012-2664

N/A Unknown
Published: June 29, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

The sosreport utility in the Red Hat sos package before 2.2-29 does not remove the root user password information from the Kickstart configuration file (/root/anaconda-ks.cfg) when creating an archive of debugging information, which might allow attackers to obtain passwords or password hashes.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0958.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54116
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0958.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1121.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54116
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76468
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.4%
70th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

redhat