Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Log Files in Undertow - CVE-2019-10212

 

Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Log Files in Undertow - CVE-2019-10212

Published: October 1, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU21469
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10212
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 in Undertow DEBUG log implementation for io.undertow.request.security that stored user's credentials in plain text in a world-readable file. A local user can view contents of the debug file and gain access to login and passwords of Undertow users.


Affected software

Undertow
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
Opensuse
openEuler
undertow
undertow-javadoc

How to mitigate CVE-2019-10212

Install updates from vendor's website.

Undertow - update to 2.0.21
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform - update to 7.2.4
undertow - update to 1.4.0-10
undertow-javadoc - update to 1.4.0-10

External References

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