CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-4143

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Apr 08, 2019 | Modified: Apr 10, 2019
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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

The IBM Cloud Private Key Management Service (IBM Cloud Private 3.1.1 and 3.1.2) could allow a local user to obtain sensitive from the KMS plugin container log. IBM X-Force ID: 158348.

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
Cloud_private Ibm 3.1.1 (including) 3.1.1 (including)
Cloud_private Ibm 3.1.2 (including) 3.1.2 (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