World-readable log file in Aeolus Configuration Server allows plaintext password exposure

CVE-2012-6117 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Aeolus Configuration Server, as used in Red Hat CloudForms Cloud Engine before 1.1.2, uses world-readable permissions for /var/log/aeolus-configserver/configserver.log, which allows local users to read plaintext passwords by reading the log file.

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