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OpenStack Nova Potential Xen connection password leak via StorageError
GHSA-c36r-g737-9qp8 · CVE-2015-8749 · PYSEC-2026-870
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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.
References
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8749
- WEB https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/8b289237ed6d53738c22878decf0c429301cf3d0
- WEB https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b2acc9fa864b6fe10bc0c5f3786b976b472b1b27
- WEB https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/cf197ec2d682fb4da777df2291ca7ef101f73b77
- WEB https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ef1ccdaca9512b88878155f7d8c2c77853d91252
- WEB https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1516765
- PACKAGE https://github.com/openstack/nova
- WEB https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-002.html
- WEB http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/8
- WEB http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/9
- WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80189
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