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CVE-2016-5432 json

The ovirt-engine-provisiondb utility in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) Engine 4.0 allows local users to obtain sensitive database…

published 2016-10-03 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-6376

cvss
3.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 28%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The ovirt-engine-provisiondb utility in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) Engine 4.0 allows local users to obtain sensitive database provisioning information by reading log files.

Patch / fix

  • rhevm rhev manager 4 4.0.4.4-0.1.el7ev
  • ovirt-engine rhev manager 4 4.0.4.4-0.1.el7ev
  • ovirt-engine-lib rhev manager 4 4.0.4.4-0.1.el7ev
  • ovirt-engine-setup rhev manager 4 4.0.4.4-0.1.el7ev
  • ovirt-engine-tools rhev manager 4 4.0.4.4-0.1.el7ev
  • ovirt-engine-backend rhev manager 4 4.0.4.4-0.1.el7ev
  • ovirt-engine-restapi rhev manager 4 4.0.4.4-0.1.el7ev
  • ovirt-engine-dbscripts rhev manager 4 4.0.4.4-0.1.el7ev

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:1967

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-5432 updated cvss 5.9

ovirt-engine: ovirt-engine-provisiondb logs contain DB username and password in plain text

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 ovirt-engine
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat RHEV-M 4.0 rhevm 4.0.4.4-0.1.el7ev, ovirt-engine 4.0.4.4-0.1.el7ev, ovirt-engine-lib 4.0.4.4-0.1.el7ev, ovirt-engine-setup 4.0.4.4-0.1.el7ev, ovirt-engine-tools 4.0.4.4-0.1.el7ev, ovirt-engine-backend 4.0.4.4-0.1.el7ev, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:1967

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Exploit prediction

0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 3.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-532 Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.