CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2015-1343

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Apr 22, 2019 | Modified: Oct 09, 2019
CVSS 3.x
5.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW

All versions of unity-scope-gdrive logs search terms to syslog.

Weakness

Information written to log files can be of a sensitive nature and give valuable guidance to an attacker or expose sensitive user information.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ubuntu_linux Canonical 15.10 (including) 15.10 (including)
Unity-scope-gdrive Ubuntu esm-infra/xenial *
Unity-scope-gdrive Ubuntu trusty *
Unity-scope-gdrive Ubuntu vivid *
Unity-scope-gdrive Ubuntu wily *
Unity-scope-gdrive Ubuntu xenial *

Extended Description

While logging all information may be helpful during development stages, it is important that logging levels be set appropriately before a product ships so that sensitive user data and system information are not accidentally exposed to potential attackers. Different log files may be produced and stored for:

Potential Mitigations

References