CVE-2013-2069

high

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.

References

Advisories
More

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84488

https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/red-hat-and-other-third-party-public-amis-security-concern/

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60119

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/2

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=964299

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0849.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-05-29

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H