openstack/nova · Security
OpenStack Nova Potential Xen connection password leak via StorageError
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-c36r-g737-9qp8
- CVE ID
- CVE-2015-8749
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 5.9 · CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 5.9 · CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Description
The volume_utils._parse_volume_info function in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.3 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.1 (liberty) includes the connection_info dictionary in the StorageError message when using the Xen backend, which might allow attackers to obtain sensitive password information by reading log files or other unspecified vectors.
CWEs
- CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8749 ↗
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1516765 ↗
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-002.html ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/8 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/9 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80189 ↗
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/8b289237ed6d53738c22878decf0c429301cf3d0 ↗
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b2acc9fa864b6fe10bc0c5f3786b976b472b1b27 ↗
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/cf197ec2d682fb4da777df2291ca7ef101f73b77 ↗
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ef1ccdaca9512b88878155f7d8c2c77853d91252 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c36r-g737-9qp8 ↗