ovirt-engine: ovirt-engine-provisiondb logs contain DB username and password in plain text
Published Oct 3, 2016
5.9
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.35%
Description
The ovirt-engine-provisiondb utility in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) Engine 4.0 allows local users to obtain sensitive database provisioning information by reading log files.
Affected products
No data.
- 4.0
Running on/with
- 7.0
No data.
RHEV Engine version 4.0
org.ovirt.engine-root-0:4.0.4.4-1
Fixed · RHSA-2016:1967
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3
ovirt-engine
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEV Engine version 4.0 | org.ovirt.engine-root-0:4.0.4.4-1 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1967 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 | ovirt-engine | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00346) | 25.75th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00349) | 26.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00033) | 6.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 31.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 40.96th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1967.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92694 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5432 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1371428 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- https://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/q/I40c88ad48f8f7c2b8e06802137870b0c198b5129 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5432
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5432
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1967.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92694 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5432 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1371428 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/q/I40c88ad48f8f7c2b8e06802137870b0c198b5129 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5432 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5432 |
Change history (0)
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