CVEvulnerability
CVE-2013-2069
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2013-05-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
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.
Affected configurations
• redhat livecd-tools (< 13.4.4)
• redhat livecd-tools (>= 17.0 < 17.17)
• redhat livecd-tools (>= 18.0 < 18.16)
• redhat livecd-tools (>= 19.0 < 19.3)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0849.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60119 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/red-hat-and-other-third-party-public-amis-security-concern/ Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=964299 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84488 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0849.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60119 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/red-hat-and-other-third-party-public-amis-security-concern/ Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=964299 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84488 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry