Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/red-hat-and-other-third-party-public-amis-security-concern/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60119
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84488
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=964299
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0849.html
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.
- https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/red-hat-and-other-third-party-public-amis-security-concern/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60119
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84488
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=964299
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0849.html