Information disclosure through an error message in ovirt-engine - CVE-2018-1073

 

Information disclosure through an error message in ovirt-engine - CVE-2018-1073

Published: May 17, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12803
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1073
CWE-ID: CWE-209
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: oVirt
Affected software:
ovirt-engine

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists in the ovirt-engine web console login form due to returning different errors for non-existent users and invalid passwords. A remote attacker can discover the names of valid user accounts.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-1073

Install update fro vendor's website.

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