OpenStack Identity (Keystone) before 2014.1.5 and 2014.2.x before 2014.2.4 logs the backend_argument configuration option content, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain passwords and other sensitive backend information by reading the Keystone logs.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2015-3646 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
While this issue does occur in openstack-keystone packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform versions 5 and 6 it is not believed to be exploitable as access to the keystone logs is restricted with file-system permissions.
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 3.5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 | openstack-keystone | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) | openstack-keystone | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 | openstack-keystone | Will not fix |
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