Bug 826884 – CVE-2012-2664 sosreport does not blank root password in anaconda plugin

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Bug 826884 - (CVE-2012-2664) CVE-2012-2664 sosreport does not blank root password in anaconda plugin

Summary:	CVE-2012-2664 sosreport does not blank root password in anaconda plugin

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2012-2664

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity low
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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	790402 968195
Blocks:	784298
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Reported:	2012-05-31 04:14 EDT by Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala
Modified:	2013-10-03 22:31 EDT (History)
CC List:	7 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2013-10-03 22:31:56 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2012:0958	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Low: sos security, bug fix, and enhancement update	2012-06-19 15:28:28 EDT
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2013:1121	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Low: sos security update	2013-07-30 16:57:08 EDT

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Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2012-05-31 04:14:40 EDT

It was found that sosreport's "anaconda" plugin collects /root/anaconda-ks.cfg, which contains the root password for the system, possibly crypt'd, possibly plain.

sosreport should blank this password in a similar way to the ldap plugin's treatment of bindpw in /etc/ldap.conf

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2012-06-20 03:26:25 EDT

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2012:0958 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0958.html

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2013-07-30 12:59:27 EDT

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2013:1121 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1121.html

Comment 12 Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2013-10-03 22:31:56 EDT

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