CVE-2020-10763

Description

An information-disclosure flaw was found in the way Heketi logs sensitive information. This flaw allows an attacker with local access to the Heketi server, to read potentially sensitive information, such as gluster-block passwords.

Statement

The version of heketi shipped with Red Hat Gluster Storage 3 does not filter out gluster-block volume passwords, hence affected by this vulnerability.

Mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score5.55.5N/A
Attack VectorLocalLocalN/A
Attack ComplexityLowLowN/A
Privileges RequiredLowLowN/A
User InteractionNoneNoneN/A
ScopeUnchangedUnchangedN/A
ConfidentialityHighHighN/A
Integrity ImpactNoneNoneN/A
Availability ImpactNoneNoneN/A

Vector

Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

CWE-532

Confidentiality

Technical Impact: Read Application Data

Logging sensitive user data, full path names, or system information often provides attackers with an additional, less-protected path to acquiring the information.

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Prasanna Kumar Kalever (Red Hat).

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