CVE-2012-6596 LDAP Passwords Logged in Clear Text

Palo Alto Networks Security Advisories / CVE-2012-6596

CVE-2012-6596 LDAP Passwords Logged in Clear Text

Severity 6.2 · MEDIUM

Attack Vector LOCAL

Scope UNCHANGED

Attack Complexity LOW

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

User Interaction NONE

Availability Impact NONE

CVE JSON CSAF

Published 2012-04-27

Updated 2012-04-27

Reference 35493, PAN-SA-2012-0007

Description

An issue exists whereby LDAP bind passwords are logged to authd.log in clear text when using the default logging level of 'debug'. (Ref #35493)

This issue results in administrator passwords being logged and stored in clear text. Inappropriate access to this information can lead to unauthorized administration of the device.

This issue affects PAN-OS 4.1.2 and earlier; PAN-OS 4.0.8 and earlier; PAN-OS 3.1 is not affected.

Product Status

Versions	Affected	Unaffected
PAN-OS 4.1	<= 4.1.2	>= 4.1.3
PAN-OS 4.0	<= 4.0.8	>= 4.0.9

Severity: MEDIUM

CVSSv3.1 Base Score: 6.2 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Weakness Type

CWE-255

Solution

PAN-OS 4.1.3 and later; PAN-OS 4.0.9 and later.

Workarounds and Mitigations

This issue affects the management interface of the device. Security appliance management best practices dictate that the management interface be isolated and strictly limited only to security administration personnel.