CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-3551

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Published: Feb 16, 2022 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
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
4.4 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.8 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
LOW
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A flaw was found in the PKI-server, where the spkispawn command, when run in debug mode, stores admin credentials in the installation log file. This flaw allows a local attacker to retrieve the file to obtain the admin password and gain admin privileges to the Dogtag CA manager. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

Weakness

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

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
DogtagpkiDogtagpki10.10.0 (including)10.10.6 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8RedHatpki-core:10.6-8040020210519185901.17df0a3f*
Dogtag-pkiUbuntubionic*
Dogtag-pkiUbuntufocal*
Dogtag-pkiUbuntugroovy*
Dogtag-pkiUbuntuhirsute*
Dogtag-pkiUbuntuimpish*
Dogtag-pkiUbuntukinetic*
Dogtag-pkiUbuntutrusty*
Dogtag-pkiUbuntuupstream*
Dogtag-pkiUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References