Medium severity · published Aug 11, 2017
CVE-2015-3156
The _write_config function in trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/mongodb/service.py, reset_configuration function in…
5.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The _write_config function in trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/mongodb/service.py, reset_configuration function in trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/postgresql/service/config.py, write_config function in trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/redis/service.py, _write_mycnf function in trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql/service.py, InnoBackupEx::_run_prepare function in trove/guestagent/strategies/restore/mysql_impl.py, InnoBackupEx::cmd function in trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/mysql_impl.py, MySQLDump::cmd in trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/mysql_impl.py, InnoBackupExIncremental::cmd function in trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/mysql_impl.py, _get_actual_db_status function in trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/cassandra/system.py and trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/cassandra/service.py, and multiple class CbBackup methods in trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/experimental/couchbase_impl.py in Openstack DBaaS (aka Trove) as packaged in Openstack before 2015.1.0 (aka Kilo) allows local users to write to configuration files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TR
Trove · Openstack
through 2014.2.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3156
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-3156
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.launchpad.net/trove/+bug/1398195
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1216073
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openstack/trove/blob/master/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/cassandra/service.py#L230
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openstack/trove/blob/master/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/mongodb/service.py#L176
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openstack/trove/blob/master/trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/redis/service.py#L236
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/openstack/trove/blob/master/trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql/service.py#L790
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