PT-2017-8721 · Red Hat · Red Hat Quickstart Cloud Installer

Thom Carlin · Published 2017-06-13 · Updated 2017-07-05 · CVE-2016-5411

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

10

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Red Hat QuickStart Cloud Installer (QCI) versions prior to 1.0 GA

Description The issue concerns a file, /var/lib/ovirt-engine/setup/engine-DC-config.py, created by Red Hat QuickStart Cloud Installer (QCI) that is world readable and contains the root password of the deployed system.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.0 GA, update to version 1.0 GA or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider changing the permissions of the /var/lib/ovirt-engine/setup/engine-DC-config.py file to restrict read access.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-255

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-5411

Affected Products

Red Hat Quickstart Cloud Installer

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5411 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5411 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1366412 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92669 · Note