A cleartext password storage issue was discovered in Katello, versions 3.x.x.x before katello 3.12.0.9. Registry credentials used during container image discovery were inadvertently logged without being masked. This flaw could expose the registry credentials to other privileged users.

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

  - A cleartext password storage issue was discovered in Katello, versions 3.x.x.x before katello 3.12.0.9.
    Registry credentials used during container image discovery were inadvertently logged without being masked.
    This flaw could expose the registry credentials to other privileged users. (CVE-2019-14825)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:3172 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):

    * rubygem-rack: Buffer size in multipart parser allows for denial of service (CVE-2018-16470)

    * dom4j: XML Injection in Class: Element. Methods: addElement, addAttribute which can impact the integrity     of XML documents (CVE-2018-1000632)

    * foreman: authorization bypasses in foreman-tasks leading to information disclosure (CVE-2019-10198)

    * katello: registry credentials are captured in plain text during repository discovery (CVE-2019-14825)

    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:

    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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
416732	SCA: security update for katello (GHSA-m4wh-848j-9w2r)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	low
416732	SCA: security update for katello (GHSA-m4wh-848j-9w2r)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	low
130187	RHEL 7 : Red Hat Satellite 6 (RHSA-2019:3172)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high

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