Information Exposure Through Log Files Affecting satellite-installer package, versions <0:6.3.0.12-1.el7sat


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-SATELLITEINSTALLER-4471926
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed22 Jun 2016

Introduced: 22 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-4996  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-532  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 satellite-installer to version 0:6.3.0.12-1.el7sat or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:0336.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream satellite-installer package and not the satellite-installer package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.