CVE-2015-1851

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2015-06-12
Bugzilla:
1231817: CVE-2015-1851 openstack-cinder: Host file disclosure through qcow2 backing file
A flaw was found in the OpenStack Block Storage (cinder) upload-to-image functionality. When processing a malicious qcow2 header, cinder could be tricked into reading an arbitrary file from the cinder host.

Find out more about CVE-2015-1851 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.5
Base Metrics AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Adjacent Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 (openstack-cinder) RHSA-2015:1206 2015-07-02
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 (openstack-cinder) RHSA-2015:1206 2015-07-02
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 (openstack-cinder) RHSA-2015:1206 2015-07-02

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 openstack-cinder Not affected

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