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CVE-2014-0189
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
It was discovered that the /etc/sysconfig/virt-who configuration file, which may contain hypervisor authentication credentials, was world-readable. A local user could use this flaw to obtain authentication credentials from this file..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Low
- Base Score
- 2.1/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.9/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 2.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Partial
- Availability Impact
- None
- Integrity Impact
- None
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*: |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:virt-who_project:virt-who:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/28/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67089
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1088732
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1081286
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0430.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0189
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:0430
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2014:1513
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2014:1206