CVE-2017-15104 Information Exposure in Heketi

High 7.8 Published 18 Dec 2017 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Local attackers can read plain-text passwords from the world-readable Heketi configuration file, 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-2017-15104?

CVE-2017-15104 is a high-severity vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 18 Dec 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An access flaw was found in Heketi 5, where the heketi.json configuration file was world readable. An attacker having local access to the Heketi server could read plain-text passwords from the heketi.json file.

Weakness: CWE-200, CWE-552

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15104?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/heketi/heketi. It affects 2 products.

Package	Affected	Fixed in
`github.com/heketi/heketi` Go	All versions	`5.0.1`
`github.com/heketi/heketi` Go	All versions	`5.0.1`
`github.com/heketi/heketi` Go	All versions	`5.0.1+incompatible`

Products include Heketi Project Heketi, Redhat Enterprise Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2017-15104?

Upgrade github.com/heketi/heketi to a fixed version for your release line: 5.0.1 or 5.0.1+incompatible.

Is CVE-2017-15104 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15104 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Redhat Enterprise Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q9vw-wr57-xjv3, GO-2022-0866.