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CVE-2022-3287

Plaintext Storage of a Password

Published: Sep 28, 2022 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
LOW
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3287
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/256.html

When creating an OPERATOR user account on the BMC, the redfish plugin saved the auto-generated password to /etc/fwupd/redfish.conf without proper restriction, allowing any user on the system to read the same configuration file.

Weakness

Storing a password in plaintext may result in a system compromise.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Fwupd Fwupd * 1.8.5 (excluding)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 RedHat fwupd-0:1.7.8-2.el8 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update Support RedHat fwupd-0:1.7.4-3.el8_6 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support RedHat fwupd-0:1.7.8-2.el8_8 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 RedHat fwupd-0:1.8.10-2.el9 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 RedHat fwupd-0:1.8.10-2.el9 *
Fwupd Ubuntu focal *
Fwupd Ubuntu jammy *
Fwupd Ubuntu kinetic *
Fwupd Ubuntu trusty *
Fwupd Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References

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