#VU23389 Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - CVE-2019-14854

 

#VU23389 Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - CVE-2019-14854

Published: December 4, 2019 / Updated: December 17, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU23389
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14854
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
Software vendor:
Red Hat Inc.

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to library-go component did not sanitize secret data written to static Pod logs when an Operator's log level was set to Debug or higher. A local user can read Pod logs if the log level had already been modified in an Operator by a privileged user.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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