CVE-2018-1117 Information disclosure in ovirt-ansible-roles

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Missing no_log directive in Ansible roles exposes admin passwords in logs, potentially leading to privilege escalation in shared environments.

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-2018-1117?

CVE-2018-1117 is a medium-severity vulnerability in [UNKNOWN] ovirt-ansible-roles, published on 19 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-ansible-roles before version 1.0.6 has a vulnerability due to a missing no_log directive, resulting in the 'Add oVirt Provider to ManageIQ/CloudForms' playbook inadvertently disclosing admin passwords in the provisioning log. In an environment where logs are shared with other parties, this could lead to privilege escalation.

Weakness: CWE-532

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1117?

It affects 2 products.

Linux distribution packages (1)
ovirt-ansible-roles Red Hat:rhev_manager:4All versions0:1.0.6-1.el7ev

Products include Ovirt Ovirt-Ansible-Roles, Redhat Enterprise Virtualization.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1117?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2018-1117 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1117 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xghx-gh8p-84h2, RHSA-2018:1452.

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