CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-27019

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

Published: Aug 30, 2021 | Modified: Sep 07, 2021
CVSS 3.x
4.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

PuppetDB logging included potentially sensitive system information.

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
Puppet_enterprise Puppet * 2019.8.6 (excluding)
Puppetdb Puppet 6.0.0 (including) 6.16.1 (excluding)
Puppetdb Puppet 7.0.0 (including) 7.3.1 (excluding)

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