Vulnerability CVE-2013-2069
Published: 2013-05-28   Modified: 2013-05-29

Description:
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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
livecd-tools: improper handling of passwords
Brian C. Lane
25.05.2013

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Redhat -> Livecd-tools 

 References:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0849.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60119
https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/red-hat-and-other-third-party-public-amis-security-concern/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=964299
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84488
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