CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-15763

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Oct 05, 2018 | Modified: Oct 09, 2019
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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
Ubuntu

Pivotal Container Service, versions prior to 1.2.0, contains an information disclosure vulnerability which exposes IaaS credentials to application logs. A malicious user with access to application logs may be able to obtain IaaS credentials and perform actions using these credentials.

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
Pivotal_container_service Pivotal_software * 1.2 (excluding)

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