CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-25692

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: Apr 06, 2021 | Modified: Apr 19, 2021
CVSS 3.x
4.6
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/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

Sensitive smart card data is logged in default INFO logs by Teradicis PCoIP Connection Manager and Security Gateway prior to version 21.01.3.

Weakness

The product stores sensitive information in cleartext within a resource that might be accessible to another control sphere.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Pcoip_connection_manager_and_security_gateway Teradici 20.07 (including) 20.07.1 (excluding)
Pcoip_connection_manager_and_security_gateway Teradici 21.01 (including) 21.01.3 (excluding)

Extended Description

Because the information is stored in cleartext (i.e., unencrypted), attackers could potentially read it. Even if the information is encoded in a way that is not human-readable, certain techniques could determine which encoding is being used, then decode the information. When organizations adopt cloud services, it can be easier for attackers to access the data from anywhere on the Internet. In some systems/environments such as cloud, the use of “double encryption” (at both the software and hardware layer) might be required, and the developer might be solely responsible for both layers, instead of shared responsibility with the administrator of the broader system/environment.

Potential Mitigations

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