#VU17318 Memory leak in Ceph - CVE-2018-16889

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#VU17318 Memory leak in Ceph - CVE-2018-16889

Published: January 30, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU17318
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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
Vulnerable software:
Ceph
Software vendor:
Red Hat Inc.

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.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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