VDB-92497 · CVE-2016-6653 · BID 93480

Pivotal Cloud Foundry MariaDB audit_plugin information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Pivotal Cloud Foundry. This impacts an unknown function of the component MariaDB audit_plugin. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2016-6653. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Pivotal Cloud Foundry (Cloud Software) (version now known) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component MariaDB audit_plugin. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The MariaDB audit_plugin component in Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) cf-mysql-release 27 and 28 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading syslog messages, as demonstrated by cleartext credentials.

The weakness was disclosed 10/06/2016 with MySQL (Website). The advisory is shared at pivotal.io. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-6653 since 08/10/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 93480†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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08/10/2016 🔍
10/06/2016 +57 days 🔍
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10/07/2016 +1 days 🔍
05/04/2019 +939 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: pivotal.io

Advisory: pivotal.io
Organization: MySQL
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-6653 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-6653
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92497
SecurityFocus: 93480 - Pivotal Cloud Foundry cf-mysql CVE-2016-6653 Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 10/07/2016 13:10
Updated: 05/04/2019 08:16
Changes: 10/07/2016 13:10 (47), 05/04/2019 08:16 (14)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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