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CVE-2015-7548 Details

Description

OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.3 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.1 (liberty), when using libvirt to spawn instances and use_cow_images is set to false, allow remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files by overwriting an instance disk with a crafted image and requesting a snapshot.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:3.5 LOWVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0018.html CVEThird Party Advisory
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-001.html CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/80176 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0018.html [email protected]Third Party Advisory
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-001.html [email protected]Vendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
openstack nova
>= 12.0.0, < 12.0.1
>= 2015.1.0, < 2015.1.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-7548
NVD Published Date:
Jan 12, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2015-7548 Details - Not Deferred