# CVE-2014-3536: Information disclosure in CFME (CloudForms Management Engine)

> Red Hat CloudForms logs sensitive RHN account information to a log file, allowing attackers with log access to steal credentials.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Dec 2019
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6489-3c6f-g4g6

## What is CVE-2014-3536?

CVE-2014-3536 is a medium-severity vulnerability in CFME (CloudForms Management Engine), published on 15 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

CFME (CloudForms Management Engine) 5: RHN account information is logged to top_output.log during registration

Weakness: CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3536?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Cloudforms Management Engine.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-3536?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-3536 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2014-3536 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3536 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in CFME (CloudForms Management Engine)

- [CVE-2013-2068](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2068/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2014-8164](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-8164/): Security feature bypass in Red Hat CloudForms (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2020-14324](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14324/): Command injection in CloudForms (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2014-0087](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0087/): Missing authorization in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-7040](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-7040/): Command injection in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-3536 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-3536 is a medium-severity vulnerability in CFME (CloudForms Management Engine), published on 15 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3536 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: CFME (CloudForms Management Engine). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3536/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3536/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3536
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3536
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-3536

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