CVE-2016-4985

Summary

CVECVE-2016-4985
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-07-12 19:59:04 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe ironic-api service in OpenStack Ironic before 4.2.5 (Liberty) and 5.x before 5.1.2 (Mitaka) allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about a registered node by leveraging knowledge of the MAC address of a network card belonging to that node and sending a crafted POST request to the v1/drivers/$DRIVER_NAME/vendor_passthru resource.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Canonical Openstack Ironic 5.1.0 All All All
Application Canonical Openstack Ironic 5.1.1 All All All
Application Canonical Openstack Ironic All All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Ironic node information including credentials exposed to unathenticated users af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Gerrit Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 review.openstack.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
Bug #1572796 “Node information including credentials exposed to...” : Bugs : Ironic af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net Vendor Advisory
Gerrit Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 review.openstack.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
Gerrit Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 review.openstack.org
CVE-2016-4985 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
1346193 – (CVE-2016-4985) CVE-2016-4985 openstack-ironic: Ironic Node information including credentials exposed to unauthenticated users MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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