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CVE-2016-5432

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Oct 03, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
3.3
LOW
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
4.3 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V3
5.9 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5432
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/532.html

The ovirt-engine-provisiondb utility in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) Engine 4.0 allows local users to obtain sensitive database provisioning information by reading log files.

Weakness

The product writes sensitive information to a log file.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Enterprise_virtualizationRedhat4.0 (including)4.0 (including)
RHEV Engine version 4.0RedHatorg.ovirt.engine-root-0:4.0.4.4-1*

Potential Mitigations

References

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