CVE-2016-4996

discovery-debug in Foreman before 6.2 when the ssh service has been enabled on discovered nodes displays the root password in plaintext in the system journal when used to log in, which allows local users with access to the system journal to obtain the root password by reading the system journal, or by clicking Logs on the console.

CVSS v3.0 7.0 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 1.9 LOW

7.0^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

1.9^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 3.4 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349136	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336	Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2017-07-17 06:18

Updated : 2023-02-12 20:50

NVD link : CVE-2016-4996

Mitre link : CVE-2016-4996

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-255

Credentials Management Errors

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Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux_server
satellite

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