CVE-2005-1760: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

sysreport 1.3.15 and earlier includes contents of the up2date file in a report, which leaks the password for a proxy server in plaintext and allows local users to gain privileges.

Affected products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 2.1 only; version 3.0 only; version 4.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 3.0 only; version 4.0 only
• Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation: version 2.1 only
• Red Hat Sysreport: version 1.1 only; version 1.2 only; version 1.3 only

Published 2005-06-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.