Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Log Files in FreeIPA - CVE-2019-10195

 

Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Log Files in FreeIPA - CVE-2019-10195

Published: March 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU26102
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10195
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 the way FreeIPA's batch is processing API logged operations that includes storing passwords in clear text on FreeIPA masters. A local user with access to system logs on FreeIPA masters can use this vulnerability to produce log file content with passwords exposed.


Affected software

FreeIPA
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Fedora
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions
ipa (Red Hat package)
freeipa

How to mitigate CVE-2019-10195

Install updates from vendor's website.

FreeIPA - addressed in versions 4.6.7, 4.7.4, 4.8.3
ipa (Red Hat package) - update to 4.6.5-11.el7_7.4
freeipa - addressed in versions 4.7.4-1.fc29, 4.8.3-1.fc30, 4.8.3-1.fc31

External References

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