CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-38516

Debug Messages Revealing Unnecessary Information

Published: Jun 25, 2024 | Modified: Jun 25, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

ai-client-html is an Aimeos e-commerce HTML client component. Debug information revealed sensitive information from environment variables in error log. This issue has been patched in versions 2024.04.7, 2023.10.15, 2022.10.13 and 2021.10.22.

Weakness

The product fails to adequately prevent the revealing of unnecessary and potentially sensitive system information within debugging messages.

Extended Description

Debug messages are messages that help troubleshoot an issue by revealing the internal state of the system. For example, debug data in design can be exposed through internal memory array dumps or boot logs through interfaces like UART via TAP commands, scan chain, etc. Thus, the more information contained in a debug message, the easier it is to debug. However, there is also the risk of revealing information that could help an attacker either decipher a vulnerability, and/or gain a better understanding of the system. Thus, this extra information could lower the “security by obscurity” factor. While “security by obscurity” alone is insufficient, it can help as a part of “Defense-in-depth”.

Potential Mitigations

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