CVE-2015-9543

Description

An issue was discovered in OpenStack Nova before 18.2.4, 19.x before 19.1.0, and 20.x before 20.1.0. It can leak consoleauth tokens into log files. An attacker with read access to the service's logs may obtain tokens used for console access. All Nova setups using novncproxy are affected. This is related to NovaProxyRequestHandlerBase.new_websocket_client in console/websocketproxy.py.

Category

3.3
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.13%
Vendor Advisory openstack.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1492140 issue tracking third party advisory
https://review.opendev.org/220622 third party advisory
https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2020-001.html patch vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/19/2 mailing list third party advisory patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2015-9543?
CVE-2015-9543 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2015-9543?
To fix CVE-2015-9543, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2015-9543 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2015-9543 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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