In a default Red Hat Openstack Platform Director installation, openstack-octavia before versions openstack-octavia 2.0.2-5 and openstack-octavia-3.0.1-0.20181009115732 creates log files that are readable by all users. Sensitive information such as private keys can appear in these log files allowing for information exposure.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In a default Red Hat Openstack Platform Director installation, openstack-octavia before versions     openstack-octavia 2.0.2-5 and openstack-octavia-3.0.1-0.20181009115732 creates log files that are readable     by all users. Sensitive information such as private keys can appear in these log files allowing for     information exposure. (CVE-2018-16856)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:0593 advisory.

    The OpenStack Load Balancing service (openstack-octavia) provides a Load Balancing-as-a-Service (LBaaS)     version 2 implementation for Red Hat OpenStack platform director based installations.

    Security Fix(es):

    * openstack-octavia: Private keys written to world-readable log files (CVE-2018-16856)

    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.

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

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:0567 advisory.

    The OpenStack Load Balancing service (openstack-octavia) provides a Load Balancing-as-a-Service (LBaaS)     version 2 implementation for Red Hat OpenStack platform director based installations.

    Security Fix(es):

    * openstack-octavia: Private keys written to world-readable log files (CVE-2018-16856)

    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.

    Bug Fix(es):

    * This feature is community support and not supported by Red Hat per RHOSP SLA. (BZ#1671022)

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

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
245681	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-16856	Nessus	Misc.	high
194166	RHEL 7 : openstack-octavia (RHSA-2019:0593)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
194015	RHEL 7 : openstack-octavia (RHSA-2019:0567)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high

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