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Scientific Linux: SLSA-2013:1122-0 Moderate: Logging Issue in Sos

Low: sos security update. Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 19:26:33 +0000 Reply-To: scientific-linux-users@ Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux From: Pat Riehecky Subject: Security ERRATA Low: sos on SL5.x (noarch) MIME-Version: 1.0 Synopsis: Low: sos security update Advisory ID: SLSA-2013:1121-1 Issue Date: 2013-07-30 CVE Numbers: CVE-2012-2664 -- The sosreport utility collected the Kickstart configuration file ("/root /anaconda-ks.cfg"), but did not remove the root user's password from it before adding the file to the resulting archive of debugging information. An attacker able to access the archive could possibly use this flaw to obtain the root user's password. "/root/anaconda-ks.cfg" usually only contains a hash of the password, not the plain text password. (CVE-2012-2664) Note: This issue affected all installations, not only systems installed via Kickstart. A "/root/anaconda-ks.cfg" file is created by all installation types. The utility also collects yum repository information from "/etc/yum.repos.d" which in uncommon configurations may contain passwords. Any http_proxy password specified in these files will now be automatically removed. Passwords embedded within URLs in these files should be manually removed or the files excluded from the archive. -- SL5 noarch sos-1.7-9.62.el5_9.1.noarch.rpm - Scientific Linux Development Team lastline . An urgent security alert regarding Scientific Linux highlights the risk of root password exposure within archived files. Discover further details.. Scientific Linux Security,Sos Security Update,Password Exposure Advisory,Low Severity Security Fix,Security Update Bulletin. . Severity: Low. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jul 30, 2013 •Low Scientific Linux