CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-29978

Plaintext Storage of a Password

Published: Nov 26, 2024 | Modified: Nov 26, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

User passwords are decrypted and stored on memory before any user logged in. Those decrypted passwords can be retrieved from the coredump file. As for the details of affected product names, model numbers, and versions, refer to the information provided by the respective vendors listed under [References].

Weakness

Storing a password in plaintext may result in a system compromise.

Potential Mitigations

References