CVE-2020-14391

Summary

CVECVE-2020-14391
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-02-08 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:40:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in the GNOME Control Center in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 versions prior to 8.2, where it improperly uses Red Hat Customer Portal credentials when a user registers a system through the GNOME Settings User Interface. This flaw allows a local attacker to discover the Red Hat Customer Portal password. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-522

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Control Center - All All All
Application Gnome Control Center - All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Aus 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Aus 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Tus 8.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Tus 8.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
1873093 – (CVE-2020-14391) CVE-2020-14391 gnome-settings-daemon: Red Hat Customer Portal password logged and passed as command line argument when user registers through GNOME control center MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 770068 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 Security Update (RHSA-2021:0436)
  • 940362 AlmaLinux Security Update for GNOME (ALSA-2020:4451)
  • 960761 Rocky Linux Security Update for GNOME (RLSA-2020:4451)
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