The sosreport utility in the Red Hat sos package before 2.2-29 does not remove the root user password information from the Kickstart configuration file (/root/anaconda-ks.cfg) when creating an archive of debugging information, which might allow attackers to obtain passwords or password hashes.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sos | Redhat | * | 2.2-18 (including) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | RedHat | sos-0:1.7-9.62.el5_9.1 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | RedHat | sos-0:2.2-29.el6 | * |