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.
2013-05-29T00:55:01.133
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
3.9
10.0
Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
---|---|---|---|---|
Application | redhat | livecd-tools | < 13.4.4 | Yes |
Application | redhat | livecd-tools | < 17.17 | Yes |
Application | redhat | livecd-tools | < 18.16 | Yes |
Application | redhat | livecd-tools | < 19.3 | Yes |