CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-1074

Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Published: Apr 26, 2018 | Modified: Nov 06, 2019
CVSS 3.x
7.2
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.7 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu

ovirt-engine API and administration web portal before versions 4.2.2.5, 4.1.11.2 is vulnerable to an exposure of Power Management credentials, including cleartext passwords to Host Administrators. A Host Administrator could use this flaw to gain access to the power management systems of hosts they control.

Weakness

The product transmits or stores authentication credentials, but it uses an insecure method that is susceptible to unauthorized interception and/or retrieval.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ovirt Ovirt * 4.1.11.1 (including)
Red Hat Virtualization Engine 4.1 RedHat org.ovirt.engine-root-0:4.1.11.2-1 *

Potential Mitigations

References