Information Exposure Affecting libvirt-docs package, versions <0:2.0.0-10.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-LIBVIRTDOCS-4664213
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Aug 2015

Introduced: 10 Aug 2015

CVE-2015-5160  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 libvirt-docs to version 0:2.0.0-10.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2016:2577.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libvirt-docs package and not the libvirt-docs package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

libvirt before 2.2 includes Ceph credentials on the qemu command line when using RADOS Block Device (aka RBD), which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a process listing.