Red Hat Security Advisory: sos security, bug fix, and enhancement update Security Advisory secalert@redhat.com Red Hat Security Response Team RHSA-2012:0958 Final 4 4 2012-06-20T08:46:00Z Current version 2012-06-20T08:46:00Z 2012-06-20T08:46:00Z Red Hat rhsa-to-cvrf 1.0.1484 2012-06-20T09:07:15Z An updated sos package that fixes one security issue, several bugs, and adds various enhancements is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. The sos package contains a set of tools that gather information from system hardware, logs and configuration files. The information can then be used for diagnostic purposes and debugging. The sosreport utility collected the Kickstart configuration file ("/root/anaconda-ks.cfg"), but did not remove the root user's password from it before adding the file to the resulting archive of debugging information. An attacker able to access the archive could possibly use this flaw to obtain the root user's password. "/root/anaconda-ks.cfg" usually only contains a hash of the password, not the plain text password. (CVE-2012-2664) Note: This issue affected all installations, not only systems installed via Kickstart. A "/root/anaconda-ks.cfg" file is created by all installation types. This updated sos package also includes numerous bug fixes and enhancements. Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 Technical Notes for information on the most significant of these changes. All users of sos are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches to correct these issues and add these enhancements. Please see https://www.redhat.com/footer/terms-of-use.html Copyright © 2012 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. Low https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0958.html https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0958.html https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.3_Technical_Notes/sos.html#RHSA-2012-0958 https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.3_Technical_Notes/sos.html#RHSA-2012-0958 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=730641 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=730641 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749262 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749262 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749279 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749279 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749919 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=749919 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=771393 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=771393 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=771501 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=771501 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=782589 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=782589 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=784862 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=784862 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=784874 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=784874 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=790402 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=790402 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) sos-2.2-29.el6.src.rpm sos-2.2-29.el6 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) sos-2.2-29.el6 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) sos-2.2-29.el6 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) sos-2.2-29.el6 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) The sosreport utility collected the Kickstart configuration file ("/root/anaconda-ks.cfg"), but did not remove the root user's password from it before adding the file to the resulting archive of debugging information. An attacker able to access the archive could possibly use this flaw to obtain the root user's password. "/root/anaconda-ks.cfg" usually only contains a hash of the password, not the plain text password. 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z CVE-2012-2664 6Client:sos-2.2-29.el6 6ComputeNode:sos-2.2-29.el6 6Server:sos-2.2-29.el6 6Workstation:sos-2.2-29.el6 Low 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0958.html https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-2664.html CVE-2012-2664 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826884 bz#826884: CVE-2012-2664 sosreport does not blank root password in anaconda plugin