SB2019032523 - Insufficiently protected credentials in oVirt ovirt-engine
Published: March 25, 2019 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019032523
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Insufficiently protected credentials (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7510)
CWE-ID: CWE-522 - Insufficiently Protected Credentials
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
In ovirt-engine 4.1, if a host was provisioned with cloud-init, the root password could be revealed through the REST interface.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.