CVE-2015-8749
MEDIUM5.9EPSS 0.94%OpenStack Nova Potential Xen connection password leak via StorageError
Published: 5/14/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
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 packages (2)
- Debian/novafrom 0, < 2:13.0.0~rc3-1
- PyPI/nova>= 12.0.0, < 12.0.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
References (12)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8749
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8749
- PATCHhttps://github.com/openstack/nova
- WEBhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1516765
- WEBhttps://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/8b289237ed6d53738c22878decf0c429301cf3d0
- WEBhttps://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b2acc9fa864b6fe10bc0c5f3786b976b472b1b27
- WEBhttps://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/cf197ec2d682fb4da777df2291ca7ef101f73b77
- WEBhttps://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ef1ccdaca9512b88878155f7d8c2c77853d91252
- WEBhttps://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-002.html
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/8
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/07/9
- WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80189