The volume_utils._parse_volume_info function in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.3 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.1 (liberty) includes the connection_info dictionary in the StorageError message when using the Xen backend, which might allow attackers to obtain sensitive password information by reading log files or other unspecified vectors.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - The volume_utils._parse_volume_info function in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.3 (kilo) and 12.0.x
    before 12.0.1 (liberty) includes the connection_info dictionary in the StorageError message when using the
    Xen backend, which might allow attackers to obtain sensitive password information by reading log files or
    other unspecified vectors. (CVE-2015-8749)

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3449-1 advisory.

    George Shuklin discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly handled the migration process. A remote     authenticated user could use this issue to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.
    (CVE-2015-3241)

    George Shuklin and Tushar Patil discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly handled deleting instances. A     remote authenticated user could use this issue to consume disk resources, resulting in a denial of     service. (CVE-2015-3280)

    It was discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly limited qemu-img calls. A remote authenticated user     could use this issue to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-5162)

    Matthew Booth discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly handled snapshots. A remote authenticated user     could use this issue to read arbitrary files. (CVE-2015-7548)

    Sreekumar S. and Suntao discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly applied security group changes. A     remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass intended restriction changes by leveraging an     instance that was running when the change was made. (CVE-2015-7713)

    Matt Riedemann discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly handled logging. A local attacker could possibly     use this issue to obtain sensitive information from log files. (CVE-2015-8749)

    Matthew Booth discovered that OpenStack Nova incorrectly handled certain qcow2 headers. A remote     authenticated user could possibly use this issue to read arbitrary files. (CVE-2016-2140)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
432413	SCA: security update for nova (GHSA-c36r-g737-9qp8)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	medium
432413	SCA: security update for nova (GHSA-c36r-g737-9qp8)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	medium
103812	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : OpenStack Nova vulnerabilities (USN-3449-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium

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CVE-2015-8749

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