CVE-2012-0059
Spacewalk-backend: spacewalk-backend: information disclosure via cleartext passwords in error messages
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Published
- 13 years later
· 13 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.7% · top 23% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
Affected products
Red Hat · Red Hat Network Proxy v 5.4
- unaffected 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.4
- unaffected 0:1.2.13-66.el5sat – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions: unknown
What to do
Workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.
References (5)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0101.html (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0102.html (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:0101 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHSA-2012:0102 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0059 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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