CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-10750

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Jun 19, 2020 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/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
7.1 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Ubuntu

Sensitive information written to a log file vulnerability was found in jaegertracing/jaeger before version 1.18.1 when the Kafka data store is used. This flaw allows an attacker with access to the containers log file to discover the Kafka credentials.

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
Jaeger Linuxfoundation * 1.18.1 (excluding)
Jaeger-1.17 RedHat distributed-tracing/jaeger-all-in-one-rhel7:1.17.3-2 *
Jaeger-1.17 RedHat distributed-tracing/jaeger-collector-rhel7:1.17.3-2 *
Jaeger-1.17 RedHat distributed-tracing/jaeger-ingester-rhel7:1.17.3-2 *

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