What is CVE-2017-2665?

CVE-2017-2665 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mongodb, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2018-07-06.

How severe is CVE-2017-2665?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mongodb

CVE-2017-2665

The skyring-setup command creates random password for mongodb skyring database but it writes password in plain text to /etc/skyring/skyring.conf file which is owned by root but read by local user. Any local user who has access to system running skyring service will be able to get password in plain text.

EPSS: 0.003 (25.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Mongodb
[Unknown] Rhscon-core — versions n/a
Redhat Storage_console — versions 2.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2665?: CVE-2017-2665 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mongodb, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2018-07-06.
How severe is CVE-2017-2665?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.