REST client for Ruby (aka rest-client) before 1.7.3 logs usernames and passwords, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the log.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - REST client for Ruby (aka rest-client) before 1.7.3 logs usernames and passwords, which allows local users
    to obtain sensitive information by reading the log. (CVE-2015-3448)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:1313 advisory.

    Red Hat Satellite is a systems management tool for Linux-based     infrastructure. It allows for provisioning, remote management, and     monitoring of multiple Linux deployments with a single centralized tool.

    Security Fix(es):

    * foreman: Managing repositories with their id via hammer does not respect the role filters     (CVE-2017-2662)
    * python-psutil: Double free because of refcount mishandling (CVE-2019-18874)
    * candlepin: netty: compression/decompression codecs don't enforce limits on buffer allocation sizes     (CVE-2020-11612)
    * foreman: world-readable OMAPI secret through the ISC DHCP server (CVE-2020-14335)
    * candlepin: resteasy-client: potential sensitive information leakage in JAX-RS RESTEasy Client's     WebApplicationException handling (CVE-2020-25633)
    * python-django: potential SQL injection via tolerance parameter in GIS functions and aggregates on     Oracle (CVE-2020-9402)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS     score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE     page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    * Usability enhancements to Red Hat's Simple Content Access mode and Satellite

    * Usability improvements to enabling Remote Execution on your hosts.

    * Notifications in the UI to warn users when subscriptions are expiring.

    * Usability enhancements to enable Insights integration with Satellite.

    * Performance improvements to various aspects of the user interface and API.

    * Added support for OpenID Connect for authentication.

    * Usability improvements to the Satellite Installer.

    * Updated Ruby web server to the modern Puma application server which replaces Passenger.

    The items above are not a complete list of changes. This update also fixes     several bugs and adds various enhancements. Documentation for these changes     is available from the Release Notes document linked to in the References     section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Update to rest-client 1.8.0.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The open sourced vulnerability database reports :

REST Client for Ruby contains a flaw that is due to the application logging password information in plaintext. This may allow a local attacker to gain access to password information.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
423156	SCA: security update for rest-client (GHSA-mx9f-w8qq-q5jf)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	medium
423156	SCA: security update for rest-client (GHSA-mx9f-w8qq-q5jf)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	medium
148903	RHEL 7 : Satellite 6.9 Release (Moderate) (RHSA-2021:1313)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
92050	Fedora 23 : rubygem-rest-client (2015-8dce7405bf)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
83944	FreeBSD : rest-client -- plaintext password disclosure (ffe2d86c-07d9-11e5-9a28-001e67150279)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	low

Detections

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CVE-2015-3448

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