CVE-2017-15139
Description
An information-leak flaw was found in openstack-cinder deployments using the third-party EMC ScaleIO backend. It was possible for new volumes to contain previous data if they were created from storage pools which had disabled zero-padding. An attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain sensitive information.
Statement
With this update, disabled zero-padding is no longer the default for new volumes. Users can override this behavior by setting the new configuration item, "sio_allow_non_padded_volumes=True". However, the default should not be overridden if multiple tenants will be using volumes from a shared Storage Pool.
Mitigation
This flaw only affects Red Hat OpenStack Platform deployments which use the third-party EMC ScaleIO driver plugin. To mitigate this flaw, ensure all volumes use zero-padding by updating the ScaleIO storage-pool policy.
Note: Only an empty pool's policy can be changed.
scli --modify_zero_padding_policy
(((--protection_domain_id <ID> |
--protection_domain_name <NAME>)
--storage_pool_name <NAME>) | --storage_pool_id <ID>)
(--enable_zero_padding | --disable_zero_padding)
Example:
scli --modify_zero_padding_policy
--protection_domain_name pd10 --storage_pool_name scale1
--enable_zero_padding
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 4.8 | 7.5 | 5.1 |
| Attack Vector | Network | Network | Local |
| Attack Complexity | High | Low | High |
| Privileges Required | Low | None | None |
| User Interaction | Required | None | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High | High | High |
| Integrity Impact | None | None | None |
| Availability Impact | None | None | None |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
cve.org: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Confidentiality
Technical Impact: Read Application Data
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