CVE-2014-3561

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2014-12-02
CWE:
CWE-522
Bugzilla:
1122781: CVE-2014-3561 ovirt-engine-log-collector: database password disclosed in process listing
It was found that rhevm-log-collector called sosreport with the PostgreSQL database password passed as a command line parameter. A local attacker could read this password by monitoring a process listing. The password would also be written to a log file, which could potentially be read by a local attacker.

Find out more about CVE-2014-3561 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 3.6
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
RHEV Manager 3 (rhevm-log-collector) RHSA-2014:1947 2014-12-02

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
RHEV Manager 3 ovirt-engine-log-collector Will not fix

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by David Jorm of Red Hat Product Security.

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