J-Security Center

Title: RedHat Piranha Virtual Server Package Plaintext Password Vulnerability

Severity: LOW

Description:

Password changes submitted to Red Hat Piranha via HTTP are insecurely passed as variables in a GET request. Unauthorized users could obtain the password by reading the httpd access log or by sniffing.

Affected Products:

  • RedHat Linux 6.2.0 alpha
  • RedHat Linux 6.2.0 i386
  • RedHat Linux 6.2.0 sparc

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