CVE-2013-2069 | Vulnerability Database | Aqua Security

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.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Livecd-tools	Redhat	*	13.4.4 (excluding)
Livecd-tools	Redhat	17.0 (including)	17.17 (excluding)
Livecd-tools	Redhat	18.0 (including)	18.16 (excluding)
Livecd-tools	Redhat	19.0 (including)	19.3 (excluding)
Red Hat Common 6	RedHat		*

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0849.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60119
https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/red-hat-and-other-third-party-public-amis-security-concern/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=964299
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84488
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0849.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60119
https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/red-hat-and-other-third-party-public-amis-security-concern/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=964299
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/84488

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2069
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html