SB2013120201 - Information disclosure in Novell Opensuse
Published: December 2, 2013 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2013120201
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2012-0425)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
LanItems.ycp in save_y2logs in yast2-network before 2.24.4 in SUSE YaST writes cleartext Wi-Fi credentials to the y2log log file, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the (1) WIRELESS_WPA_PASSWORD or (2) WIRELESS_CLIENT_KEY_PASSWORD field.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.