CVE-2014-0189

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

virt-who uses world-readable permissions for /etc/sysconfig/virt-who, which allows local users to obtain password for hypervisors by reading the file.

virt-who uses world-readable permissions for /etc/sysconfig/virt-who, which allows local users to obtain password for hypervisors by reading the file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 10 years ago

2014-05-02 14:55:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-08-26 12:02:00

Affected Software

RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0

7.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0

7.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0

7.0

virt-who project virt-who

References

RHSA-2015:0430

Third Party Advisory

[oss-security] 20140428 CVE-2014-0189: /etc/sysconfig/virt-who is world-readable (contains unencrypted passwords)

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

67089

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1081286

Issue Tracking

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1088732

Issue Tracking

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