CVE-2015-7548

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-7548
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-01-12 19:59:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionOpenStack 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 3.5 LOW from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary3.5LOWCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary2.1AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Nova All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
OpenStack Compute (Nova) 'imagebackend.py' Incomplete Fix Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
OSSA-2016-001: Nova host data leak through snapshot — OpenStack Security Advisories 2014.2.0.dev125 documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.openstack.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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