Spacewalk-backend in Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite and Proxy 5.4 includes cleartext user passwords in an error message when a system registration XML-RPC call fails, which allows remote administrators to obtain the password by reading (1) the server log and (2) an email.
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| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2012-0097 | Spacewalk-backend in Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite and Proxy 5.4 includes cleartext user passwords in an error message when a system registration XML-RPC call fails, which allows remote administrators to obtain the password by reading (1) the server log and (2) an email. |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2026-04-02T23:42:30.680Z
Reserved: 2011-12-07T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2012-0059
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2014-02-05T18:55:06.223
Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Link: CVE-2012-0059
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