CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2011-2916

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: Nov 15, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW

qtnx 0.9 stores non-custom SSH keys in a world-readable configuration file. If a user has a world-readable or world-executable home directory, another local system user could obtain the private key used to connect to remote NX sessions.

Weakness

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Qtnx Qtnx_project 0.9 (including) 0.9 (including)
Qtnx Ubuntu hardy *
Qtnx Ubuntu lucid *
Qtnx Ubuntu maverick *
Qtnx Ubuntu natty *
Qtnx Ubuntu oneiric *
Qtnx Ubuntu precise *
Qtnx Ubuntu quantal *
Qtnx Ubuntu upstream *

Potential Mitigations

References