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UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16856 (CVE-2018-16856)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2019-03-26 18:29 – Updated: 2026-10-17 09:06 – Source website

Details

In a default Red Hat Openstack Platform Director installation, openstack-octavia before versions openstack-octavia 2.0.2-5 and openstack-octavia-3.0.1-0.20181009115732 creates log files that are readable by all users. Sensitive information such as private keys can appear in these log files allowing for information exposure.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16856	REPORT
	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1649165	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16856	REPORT

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CVE-2018-16856 (GCVE-0-2018-16856)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-03-26 17:45 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:32

Summary

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE

CWE-532

Assigner

redhat CNA under the redhat root

CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1037 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
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Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
[UNKNOWN]	openstack-octavia	Affected: 2.0.2-5 Affected: openstack-octavia-3.0.1-0.20181009115732

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