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.
References
Link | Resource |
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336 | Third Party Advisory |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349136 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2017-07-14T20:00:00
Updated: 2018-02-22T10:57:01
Reserved: 2016-05-24T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2016-4996
JSON object: View
NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2017-07-17T13:18:06.170
Modified: 2023-02-13T04:50:09.933
Link: CVE-2016-4996
JSON object: View
Redhat Information
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CWE