CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-16856

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Mar 26, 2019 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
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
5.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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In a default Red Hat Openstack Platform Director installation, openstack-octavia before versions openstack-octavia 2.0.2-5 and openstack-octavia-3.0.1-0.20181009115732 creates log files that are readable by all users. Sensitive information such as private keys can appear in these log files allowing for information exposure.

Weakness

The product writes sensitive information to a log file.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
OctaviaOpenstack2.0.0 (including)2.0.2-5 (excluding)
OctaviaOpenstack3.0.0 (including)3.0.1-0.20181009115732 (excluding)
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens)RedHatopenstack-octavia-0:2.0.3-2.el7ost*
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14.0 (Rocky)RedHatopenstack-octavia-0:3.0.2-0.20181219195054.ec4c88e.el7ost*
OctaviaUbuntucosmic*
OctaviaUbuntudisco*
OctaviaUbuntueoan*
OctaviaUbuntufocal*
OctaviaUbuntugroovy*
OctaviaUbuntuhirsute*
OctaviaUbuntuimpish*
OctaviaUbuntukinetic*
OctaviaUbuntulunar*
OctaviaUbuntumantic*
OctaviaUbuntuoracular*
OctaviaUbuntuplucky*

Potential Mitigations

References