Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information Affecting ovirt-engine-dbscripts package, versions <0:4.5.3.2-1.el8ev


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-OVIRTENGINEDBSCRIPTS-3393398
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed27 May 2022

Introduced: 27 May 2022

CVE-2022-2805  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-312  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 ovirt-engine-dbscripts to version 0:4.5.3.2-1.el8ev or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:8502.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ovirt-engine-dbscripts package and not the ovirt-engine-dbscripts package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in ovirt-engine, which leads to the logging of plaintext passwords in the log file when using otapi-style. This flaw allows an attacker with sufficient privileges to read the log file, leading to confidentiality loss.

CVSS Scores

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