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CVE-2018-3817

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Mar 30, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3817
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/532.html

When logging warnings regarding deprecated settings, Logstash before 5.6.6 and 6.x before 6.1.2 could inadvertently log sensitive information.

Weakness

The product writes sensitive information to a log file.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LogstashElastic*5.6.6 (excluding)
LogstashElastic6.0.0 (including)6.1.2 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References

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