Description
sosreport in Red Hat sos 1.7 and earlier on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 produces an archive with an fstab file potentially containing cleartext passwords, and lacks a warning about reviewing this archive to detect included passwords, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging access to a technical-support data stream.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 5.0/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/29/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/30/3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2845-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102633Vendor Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/29/6
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/30/3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2845-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102633Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Jun 1, 2014
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified