CVE-2013-2069 (GCVE-0-2013-2069)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-05-29 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 15:27
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
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|---|---|
| https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletin… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60119 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=964299 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0849.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
Date Public
2013-05-23 00:00
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