CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-4443

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Dec 14, 2016 | Modified: Feb 12, 2023
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/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
4.9 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) Manager 3.6 allows local users to obtain encryption keys, certificates, and other sensitive information by reading the engine-setup log file.

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
Enterprise_virtualization Redhat 3.6 (including) 3.6 (including)
RHEV Manager version 3.6 RedHat org.ovirt.engine-root-0:3.6.9.2-1 *

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