What is CVE-2012-6596?

CVE-2012-6596 is a security advisory published by Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories with Medium severity. CVE-2012-6596 LDAP Passwords Logged in Clear Text

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2012-6596 cover?

CVE-2012-6596 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2012-6596. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by CVE-2012-6596?

CVE-2012-6596 affects 1 product, including: PAN-OS.

CVE-2012-6596Medium

CVE-2012-6596 LDAP Passwords Logged in Clear Text

Vendor

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories

Published

April 27, 2012

Last Modified

April 27, 2012

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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📋 Description

An issue exists whereby LDAP bind passwords are logged to authd.log in clear text when using the default logging level of 'debug'. (Ref #35493) This issue results in administrator passwords being logged and stored in clear text. Inappropriate access to this information can lead to unauthorized administration of the device. This issue affects PAN-OS 4.1.2 and earlier; PAN-OS 4.0.8 and earlier; PAN-OS 3.1 is not affected.

🎯 Affected products1

PAN-OS

✅ Remediation

PAN-OS 4.1.3 and later; PAN-OS 4.0.9 and later. Workarounds and mitigations: This issue affects the management interface of the device. Security appliance management best practices dictate that the management interface be isolated and strictly limited only to security administration personnel.

🔗 References (1)

advisoryhttps://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2012-6596