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GHSA-GWPF-62XP-VRG6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2020-09-11 21:14 – Updated: 2021-09-28 16:53

Summary

Information Exposure in cordova-android

Details

Versions of cordova-android prior to 6.0.0 are vulnerable to Information Exposure through log files. The application calls methods of the Log class. Messages passed to these methods (Log.v(), Log.d(), Log.i(), Log.w(), and Log.e()) are stored in a series of circular buffers on the device. By default, a maximum of four 16 KB rotated logs are kept in addition to the current log. The logged data can be read using Logcat on the device. When using platforms prior to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), the log data is not sandboxed per application; any application installed on the device has the capability to read data logged by other applications.

Recommendation

Upgrade to version 6.0.0 or later.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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      },
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
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  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-532"
    ],
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-08-31T18:42:13Z",
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  "id": "GHSA-gwpf-62xp-vrg6",
  "modified": "2021-09-28T16:53:04Z",
  "published": "2020-09-11T21:14:49Z",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6799"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/commit/4a0a7bc424fae14c9689f4a8a2dc250ae3a47f82"
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      "url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6799"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/apache/cordova-android"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1f3e7b0319d64b455f73616f572acee36fbca31f87f5b2e509c45b69@%3Cdev.cordova.apache.org%3E"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-CORDOVAANDROID-174935"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/964"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98365"
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Information Exposure in cordova-android"
}

CVE-2016-6799 (GCVE-0-2016-6799)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-09 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:43

Summary

Product: Apache Cordova Android 5.2.2 and earlier. The application calls methods of the Log class. Messages passed to these methods (Log.v(), Log.d(), Log.i(), Log.w(), and Log.e()) are stored in a series of circular buffers on the device. By default, a maximum of four 16 KB rotated logs are kept in addition to the current log. The logged data can be read using Logcat on the device. When using platforms prior to Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), the log data is not sandboxed per application; any application installed on the device has the capability to read data logged by other applications.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Information Disclosure

Assigner

apache mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98365	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1f3e7b0319d6…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Cordova Android	Affected: 5.2.2 and earlier

Date Public

2017-05-09 00:00

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