CVE-2015-8749

Advisory

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 package

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Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

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Resources

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/8
• https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-002.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/9
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1516765
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80189
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8749