CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-1480

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Jun 06, 2018 | Modified: Oct 09, 2019
CVSS 3.x
4.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

IBM Security Access Manager Appliance 8.0.0 through 8.0.1.6, and 9.0.0 through 9.0.3.1 stores potentially sensitive information in log files that could be read by a remote user. IBM X-Force ID: 128617.

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
Security_access_manager Ibm 9.0.0 (including) 9.0.3.1 (including)

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