CVE-2015-5271
Description
The TripleO Heat templates (tripleo-heat-templates) do not properly order the Identity Service (keystone) before the OpenStack Object Storage (Swift) staticweb middleware in the swiftproxy pipeline when the staticweb middleware is enabled, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from private containers via unspecified vectors.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | tripleo-heat-templates | <0.8.7 | 0.8.7 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | openstack | 7.0 | |
| openstack | tripleo_heat_templates | - | |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1862
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/tripleo/+bug/1494896
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1261697
- https://launchpadlibrarian.net/217268516/CVE-2015-5271_puppet-swift.patch
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5271
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5271
- https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/tripleo-heat-templates
- https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/tripleo-heat-templates/commit/?id=1730d95acdbee7c7bbcfe1eba8a48ef2b0cc1476
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/tripleo-heat-templates/PYSEC-2016-34.yaml
- https://review.openstack.org/226541
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.