CVE-2016-7062 Information disclosure in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Local attackers can obtain cleartext passwords from Red Hat Storage Console, exposing sensitive credentials.

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

What is CVE-2016-7062?

CVE-2016-7062 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Jun 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

rhscon-ceph in Red Hat Storage Console 2 x86_64 and Red Hat Storage Console Node 2 x86_64 allows local users to obtain the password as cleartext.

Weakness: CWE-255

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7062?

It affects 2 products.

Linux distribution packages (11)
carbon-selinux Red Hat:rhscon:2::el7All versions0:0.0.45-1.el7scon
ceph-ansible Red Hat:rhscon:2::el7All versions0:1.0.5-34.el7scon
ceph-installer Red Hat:rhscon:2::el7All versions0:1.0.15-2.el7scon
rhscon-agent Red Hat:rhscon:2::el7All versions0:0.0.19-1.el7scon
rhscon-ceph Red Hat:rhscon:2::el7All versions0:0.0.43-1.el7scon
rhscon-ceph-debuginfo Red Hat:rhscon:2::el7All versions0:0.0.43-1.el7scon
rhscon-core Red Hat:rhscon:2::el7All versions0:0.0.45-1.el7scon
rhscon-core-debuginfo Red Hat:rhscon:2::el7All versions0:0.0.45-1.el7scon
rhscon-core-selinux Red Hat:rhscon:2::el7All versions0:0.0.45-1.el7scon
rhscon-ui Red Hat:rhscon:2::el7All versions0:0.0.60-1.el7scon
salt-selinux Red Hat:rhscon:2::el7All versions0:0.0.45-1.el7scon

Products include Redhat Storage Console, Redhat Storage Console Node.

How do I fix CVE-2016-7062?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2016-7062 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7062 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5wqw-hj4w-m539, RHSA-2016:2082.

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