Vulnerability CVE-2015-8749
Published: 2016-01-15

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.

Type:

CWE-200

 (Information Exposure)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Openstack -> Compute 
Openstack -> NOVA 

 References:
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://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1516765
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-002.html
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