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CVE-2013-6384

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Nov 23, 2013 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
1.9 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
4.6 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6384
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/532.html

(1) impl_db2.py and (2) impl_mongodb.py in OpenStack Ceilometer 2013.2 and earlier, when the logging level is set to INFO, logs the connection string from ceilometer.conf, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information (the DB2 or MongoDB password) by reading the log file.

Weakness

The product writes sensitive information to a log file.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ceilometer Openstack 2013.1 (including) 2013.2 (including)
Ceilometer Ubuntu quantal *
Ceilometer Ubuntu raring *

Potential Mitigations

References

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