Information disclosure in Red Hat Satellite

1) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU10762

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2672

CWE-ID: CWE-312 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.

The weakness exists in the foreman's logging due to improper security restrictions during the adding or registering of images. A remote attacker with access to the foreman log file can view passwords for provisioned systems in the log file that allow to access those systems.

Mitigation

Update to version 6.3.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat Satellite: 6

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:red_hat:red_hat_satellite:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2672

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.