SB2019032523 - Insufficiently protected credentials in oVirt ovirt-engine



SB2019032523 - Insufficiently protected credentials in oVirt ovirt-engine

Published: March 25, 2019 Updated: August 8, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2019032523
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Insufficiently protected credentials (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7510)

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.