CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-20625

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Mar 24, 2020 | Modified: Jul 21, 2021
CVSS 3.x
3.3
LOW
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with N(7.1) and O(8.x) (Exynos chipsets) software. The ion debugfs driver allows information disclosure. The Samsung ID is SVE-2018-13427 (February 2019).

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
Android Google 7.1 (including) 7.1 (including)
Android Google 8.0 (including) 8.0 (including)
Android Google 8.1 (including) 8.1 (including)

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