CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-3830

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Mar 26, 2019 | Modified: Oct 22, 2020
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
4 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
LOW

A vulnerability was found in ceilometer before version 12.0.0.0rc1. An Information Exposure in ceilometer-agent prints sensitive configuration data to log files without DEBUG logging being activated.

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
Ceilometer Openstack * 11.01 (including)
Ceilometer Openstack 2013.1 (including) 2015.1.4 (including)
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 (Newton) RedHat openstack-ceilometer-1:7.1.1-9.el7ost *
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens) RedHat openstack-ceilometer-1:10.0.1-6.el7ost *
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14.0 (Rocky) RedHat openstack-ceilometer-1:11.0.2-0.20190117115822.50f268f.el7ost *

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