CVE Catalog

CVE-2012-0059

MediumCVSS 4.9
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
1.67%

77th percentile - higher than 77% of all known CVEs

Summary

A flaw was found in Spacewalk-backend. This information disclosure vulnerability occurs when a system registration XML-RPC call fails, causing cleartext user passwords to be included in error messages. Remote administrators can exploit this by reading server logs and emails, leading to the unauthorized disclosure of user passwords.

Risk Assessment

User passwords may leak into logs and emails, enabling attackers to compromise accounts. The risk affects organizations using Spacewalk-backend.

Recommendation

Update Spacewalk-backend to a version containing the fix. Review and sanitize existing logs and emails for potential passwords.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

A flaw was found in Spacewalk-backend. This information disclosure vulnerability occurs when a system registration XML-RPC call fails, causing cleartext user passwords to be included in error messages. Remote administrators can exploit this by reading server logs and emails, leading to the unauthorized disclosure of user passwords.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS