CVE-2020-25677 Information disclosure in ceph-ansible

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Local attackers can read sensitive configuration data from Ceph-ansible generated files due to insecure default permissions.

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-2020-25677?

CVE-2020-25677 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ceph-ansible, published on 8 Dec 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A flaw was found in Ceph-ansible v4.0.41 where it creates an /etc/ceph/iscsi-gateway.conf with insecure default permissions. This flaw allows any user on the system to read sensitive information within this file. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

Weakness: CWE-312

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-25677?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Ceph Ceph-Ansible, Redhat Ceph Storage.

How do I fix CVE-2020-25677?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2020-25677 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-25677 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-637g-65xr-xr73.

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