A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Openstack Deployment and Trove Barclamp (Cloud Software) (affected version unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Trove Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The trove service user in (1) Openstack deployment (aka crowbar-openstack) and (2) Trove Barclamp (aka barclamp-trove and crowbar-barclamp-trove) in the Crowbar Framework has a default password, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 12/09/2016. The weakness was disclosed 12/09/2016 by Marcus Meissner (Website). The advisory is shared at openwall.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-6829 since 08/17/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/05/2022). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1110.001 for this issue.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting .

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• Openstack Deployment
• Trove Barclamp

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