Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information Affecting ceph-fuse package, versions <2:14.2.11-95.el7cp


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-CEPHFUSE-4407503
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed23 Nov 2020

Introduced: 23 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-25677  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-312  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 ceph-fuse to version 2:14.2.11-95.el7cp or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:0081.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ceph-fuse package and not the ceph-fuse package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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