Bug 1424884 - Password written in clear text in heat-api.log with DEBUG mode [openstack-8]
Summary: Password written in clear text in heat-api.log with DEBUG mode [openstack-8]
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat OpenStack
Classification: Red Hat
Component: openstack-heat
Version: 8.0 (Liberty)
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
: 8.0 (Liberty)
Assignee: Zane Bitter
QA Contact: Amit Ugol
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-02-20 02:38 UTC by Summer Long
Modified: 2022-07-09 09:13 UTC (History)
9 users (show)

Fixed In Version: openstack-heat-5.0.3-2.el7ost
Doc Type: Release Note
Doc Text:
Clone Of: 1424879
Environment:
Last Closed: 2017-06-14 15:26:32 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:


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Red Hat Issue Tracker OSP-16871 0 None None None 2022-07-09 09:13:22 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2017:1456 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Low: openstack-heat security and bug fix update 2017-06-14 19:18:02 UTC

Description Summer Long 2017-02-20 02:38:29 UTC
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1424879 +++

Description of problem:
Reported by Hans Feldt, Ericsson

Password written in clear text in heat-api.log with DEBUG mode
Because this is debug, it is a hardening issue; no CVE is attached.

Upstream bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/heat/+bug/1664792

Affected code:
heat/common/serializers.py:
 31 class JSONResponseSerializer(object):
 32
 33 def to_json(self, data):
 34 def sanitizer(obj):
 35 if isinstance(obj, datetime.datetime):
 36 return obj.isoformat()
 37 return six.text_type(obj)
 38
 39 response = jsonutils.dumps(data, default=sanitizer)
 40 LOG.debug("JSON response : %s" % response) # <- HERE

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
openstack-heat-5.0.1-6.el7ost

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create overcloud
2. View /var/log/heat/heat-api.log
3. Grep for AdminPassword

Actual results:
Plain text is used for passwords

Expected results:
Plain text should never be used for passwords

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2017-06-14 15:26:32 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1456


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