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Security Bulletin: PowerVC is impacted by an Openstack Nova vulnerability which could leak consoleauth tokens into log files (CVE-2015-9543)

Security Bulletin


Summary

An issue discovered in Openstack Nova can leak consoleauth tokens into log files which can be used by an attacker with access to service's log files to gain additional access in to the Openstack based deployment.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:   CVE-2015-9543
DESCRIPTION:   OpenStack Nova could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by the leaking of consoleauth tokens into log files. By gaining access to the log files, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain consoleauth tokens information, and use this information to launch further attacks against the affected system.
CVSS Base score: 6.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/176494 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

Affected Product(s)Version(s)
IBM PowerVC Standard1.4.3
IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager1.4.3

Workarounds and Mitigations

None

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References

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Change History

19 Jun 2020: Initial Publication

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

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Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
22 June 2020

Initial Publish date:
19 June 2020

UID

ibm16236922