CVE-2013-2069

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

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

Timeline

Published: May 29, 2013
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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