CVE-2018-1075 Information disclosure in ovirt-engine
Cleartext database passwords are logged during manual provisioning, allowing attackers with log access to steal credentials.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-1075?
CVE-2018-1075 is a medium-severity vulnerability in [UNKNOWN] ovirt-engine, published on 12 Jun 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
ovirt-engine up to version 4.2.3 is vulnerable to an unfiltered password when choosing manual db provisioning. When engine-setup was run and one chooses to provision the database manually or connect to a remote database, the password input was logged in cleartext during the verification step. Sharing the provisioning log might inadvertently leak database passwords.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1075?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ovirt Ovirt.
How do I fix CVE-2018-1075?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2018-1075 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1075 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in [UNKNOWN] ovirt-engine
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2874-9wc2-224f.