Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU36039

Insufficiently protected credentials in ovirt-engine - CVE-2017-7510

Published: March 25, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU36039

CSH Severity: High

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7510

CWE-ID: CWE-522

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
ovirt-engine

Software vendor:
oVirt

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

In ovirt-engine 4.1, if a host was provisioned with cloud-init, the root password could be revealed through the REST interface.

Install update from vendor's website.