Information disclosure in Red Hat Virtualization - CVE-2014-9970
Published: November 8, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9129
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9970
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the Jasypt component. A local attacker can conduct a timing attack on password hash comparison and obtain passwords on the target system.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the Jasypt component. A local attacker can conduct a timing attack on password hash comparison and obtain passwords on the target system.
Affected software
Red Hat Virtualization
JBoss Data Grid
eap7-jboss-ec2-eap (Red Hat package)
JBoss Data Grid
eap7-jboss-ec2-eap (Red Hat package)
How to mitigate CVE-2014-9970
Install update from vendor's website.
eap7-jboss-ec2-eap (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 7.0.8-1.GA_redhat_1.ep7.el6, 7.0.8-1.GA_redhat_1.ep7.el7