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CVE-2012-0059

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A flaw was found in Spacewalk-backend.

Vendor / product: Redhat — network proxy

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.

CVSS
4.9
4.9 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (secalert@redhat.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2014-02-05 18:55
Modified: 2026-10-30 19:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 3 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-30 19:20 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

redhat / network_proxy 5.4
redhat / satellite 5.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0101.html
Vendor advisory: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0102.html
Vendor advisory: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0101.html
Vendor advisory: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0102.html

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-30 19:20 UTC · record ↗

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