Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Log Files in FreeIPA - CVE-2024-11029

 

Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Log Files in FreeIPA - CVE-2024-11029

Published: January 24, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU103304
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-11029
CWE-ID: CWE-532
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to software logs administrative user credentials during the FreeIPA installation process. A local user can read the log files and gain access to sensitive data.


Affected software

FreeIPA
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Fedora
ipa (Red Hat package)
freeipa

How to mitigate CVE-2024-11029

Install updates from vendor's website.

FreeIPA - update to 4.12.3
ipa (Red Hat package) - update to 4.12.2-1.el9_5.3
freeipa - addressed in versions 4.12.2-3.fc40, 4.12.2-7.fc41

External References

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