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A vulnerability has been found in OpenStack Ceilometer 2013.1/2013.2 and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file impl_db2.py/impl_mongodb.py of the component Log Entry Handler. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2013-6384. Additionally, an exploit exists. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in OpenStack Ceilometer 2013.1/2013.2 (Cloud Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file impl_db2.py/impl_mongodb.py of the component Log Entry Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

(1) impl_db2.py and (2) impl_mongodb.py in OpenStack Ceilometer 2013.2 and earlier, when the logging level is set to INFO, logs the connection string from ceilometer.conf, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information (the DB2 or MongoDB password) by reading the log file.

The weakness was released 10/25/2013 by Eric Brown as OSSA 2013-031 as not defined mailinglist post (oss-sec). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-6384 since 11/04/2013. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at review.openstack.org. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at OSVDB (100240†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Cloud Software

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• OpenStack

Name

• Ceilometer

Version

• 2013.1
• 2013.2

License

• free

Website

• Vendor: https://www.openstack.org/

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