The skyring-setup command creates random password for mongodb skyring database but it writes password in plain text to /etc/skyring/skyring.conf file which is owned by root but read by local user. Any local user who has access to system running skyring service will be able to get password in plain text.
References
Link Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97612 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2665 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2018-07-06T13:00:00

Updated: 2018-07-07T09:57:01

Reserved: 2016-12-01T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2017-2665

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-07-06T13:29:00.217

Modified: 2019-10-09T23:27:03.100


Link: CVE-2017-2665

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CWE