Medium severity4.9NVD Advisory· Published Feb 5, 2014· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-0059
CVE-2012-0059
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.
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:network_proxy:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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References
3- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0101.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0102.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0059nvd
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