CVE-2015-8749

MEDIUM

Openstack Nova < 12.0.1 - Information Disclosure

Title source: rule

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 (5)

[Mailing List, Third Party 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

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80189

[Third Party Advisory] https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1516765

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-002.html

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0094

EPSS Percentile 76.0%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-200

Status draft

Affected Products (2)

openstack/nova < 12.0.1

pypi/nova < 12.0.1PyPI

Timeline

Published Jan 15, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026