The ovirt-engine-provisiondb utility in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) Engine…
Priority LOW 16CWE-532Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-532.
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00346 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
Red Hat 1 advisory
- RHSA-2016:1967 Released 2016-09-28 · Red Hat rating Moderateorg.ovirt.engine-root security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHEV-M 4.0 ovirt-engine-4.0.4.4-0.1.el7ev, ovirt-engine-backend-4.0.4.4-0.1.el7ev, ovirt-engine-dbscripts-4.0.4.4-0.1.el7ev +17
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| RHEV-M 4.0 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:1967 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-5432
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8pc7-rggg-xw6r
References
More Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-01029 Command injection in Red Hat dhcp CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
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- TI-2008-03372 Buffer overflow in the jas_stream_printf function in libjasper/base/jas_stream.c in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2013-01398 Stack-based buffer overflow in libpixman, as used in Pale Moon before 15.4 and possibly… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-01035 Sensitive information in log files in [UNKNOWN] ovirt-ansible-roles CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-00994 Information disclosure in ovirt-engine CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.7
Sources
- CVE-2016-5432 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-5432 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8pc7-rggg-xw6r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2016-5432 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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