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ovirt-engine Logs Plaintext Passwords To File

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 18, 2023
Withdrawn This advisory was withdrawn on Aug 18, 2023

Package

maven org.ovirt.engine.sdk:ovirt-engine-sdk-java (Maven)

Affected versions

< 4.1.7.6

Patched versions

4.1.7.6

Description

ovirt-engine before version 4.1.7.6 with log level set to DEBUG includes passwords in the log file without masking. Only administrators can change the log level and only administrators can access the logs. This presents a risk when debug-level logs are shared with vendors or other parties to troubleshoot issues.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 27, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Reviewed Jul 25, 2023
Last updated Aug 18, 2023
Withdrawn Aug 18, 2023

Severity

Moderate
6.6
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2017-15113

GHSA ID

GHSA-m833-87vf-576c

Source code

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