CVE-2023-40354

An issue was discovered in MariaDB MaxScale before 23.02.3. A user enters an encrypted password on a "maxctrl create service" command line, but this password is then stored in cleartext in the resulting .cnf file under /var/lib/maxscale/maxscale.cnf.d. The fixed versions are 2.5.28, 6.4.9, 22.08.8, and 23.02.3.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-4681	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:maxscale::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:maxscale::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:maxscale::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:maxscale::::::::

History

22 Aug 2023, 15:55

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~(MISC) https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-4681 -~~	(MISC) https://jira.mariadb.org/browse/MXS-4681 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
First Time		Mariadb maxscale Mariadb
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:mariadb:maxscale::::::::
CWE		CWE-312
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 6.5

14 Aug 2023, 17:27

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2023-08-14 17:15

Updated : 2024-02-28 20:33

NVD link : CVE-2023-40354

Mitre link : CVE-2023-40354

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-40354

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mariadb

maxscale

CWE

CWE-312

Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

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