CVE-2012-0059

MEDIUM 4.9CVE-2012-0059 · Published 05/02/2014 · updated 30/10/2026

In short

CVE-2012-0059 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.9) vulnerability affecting network proxy (redhat), satellite (redhat).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.7%, higher than 76.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
network proxy redhat	`= 5.4`	No fix yet
satellite redhat	`= 5.4`	No fix yet

Description

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.

References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0101.html · Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0102.html · Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0101
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0102
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0059

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