Memory leak in Ceph - CVE-2018-16889
Published: January 30, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17318
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16889
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
Ceph
Ceph
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak in improper sanitization of encryption keys in debug logging output for v4 authentication. A local attacker can trigger memory leak and gain access to plaintext encryption key information in log files.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-16889
Install updates from vendor's website.