CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-15572

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Oct 18, 2017 | Modified: Mar 14, 2019
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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

In Redmine before 3.2.6 and 3.3.x before 3.3.3, remote attackers can obtain sensitive information (password reset tokens) by reading a Referer log, because account/lost_password does not use a redirect.

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
Redmine Redmine 3.3.0 3.3.0
Redmine Redmine 3.3.1 3.3.1
Redmine Redmine 3.3.2 3.3.2
Redmine Redmine * 3.2.5

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