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
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2012-2664
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 790402 968195
Blocks: 784298
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Reported: 2012-05-31 08:14 UTC by Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala
Modified: 2021-02-23 14:38 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2013-10-04 02:31:56 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2012:0958 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Low: sos security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2012-06-19 19:28:28 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:1121 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Low: sos security update 2013-07-30 20:57:08 UTC

Description Huzaifa S. Sidhpurwala 2012-05-31 08:14:40 UTC 
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 07:26:25 UTC 
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 16:59:27 UTC 
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 2013-10-04 02:31:56 UTC 
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