Description
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.
References
- https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/red-hat-and-other-third-party-public-amis-security-concern/
- 60119 vdb-entry
- redhat-cve20132069-livecd-security-bypass(84488) vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20130523 CVE-2013-2069 livecd-tools: improper handling of passwords mailing-list
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=964299
- RHSA-2013:0849 vendor-advisory