CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-8749
5.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-01-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
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.
Affected configurations
• openstack nova (>= 12.0.0 < 12.0.1)
• openstack nova (>= 2015.1.0 < 2015.1.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80189 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1516765 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-002.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/8 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/9 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80189 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1516765 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-002.html Patch, Vendor Advisory