CVE-2014-3559 Information disclosure in n/a
Authenticated users can read sensitive memory data from deleted virtual machines due to improper memory wiping in the storage backend.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-3559?
CVE-2014-3559 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Aug 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The oVirt storage backend in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.4 does not wipe memory snapshots when deleting a VM, even when wipe-after-delete (WAD) is configured for the VM's disk, which allows remote authenticated users with certain credentials to read portions of the deleted VM's memory and obtain sensitive information via an uninitialized storage volume.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3559?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (15)
rhevm Red Hat:rhev_manager:3 | All versions | 0:3.4.1-0.31.el6ev |
rhevm-backend Red Hat:rhev_manager:3 | All versions | 0:3.4.1-0.31.el6ev |
rhevm-dbscripts Red Hat:rhev_manager:3 | All versions | 0:3.4.1-0.31.el6ev |
rhevm-lib Red Hat:rhev_manager:3 | All versions | 0:3.4.1-0.31.el6ev |
rhevm-restapi Red Hat:rhev_manager:3 | All versions | 0:3.4.1-0.31.el6ev |
rhevm-setup Red Hat:rhev_manager:3 | All versions | 0:3.4.1-0.31.el6ev |
rhevm-setup-base Red Hat:rhev_manager:3 | All versions | 0:3.4.1-0.31.el6ev |
rhevm-setup-plugin-allinone Red Hat:rhev_manager:3 | All versions | 0:3.4.1-0.31.el6ev |
rhevm-setup-plugin-ovirt-engine Red Hat:rhev_manager:3 | All versions | 0:3.4.1-0.31.el6ev |
rhevm-setup-plugin-ovirt-engine-common Red Hat:rhev_manager:3 | All versions | 0:3.4.1-0.31.el6ev |
rhevm-setup-plugin-websocket-proxy Red Hat:rhev_manager:3 | All versions | 0:3.4.1-0.31.el6ev |
rhevm-tools Red Hat:rhev_manager:3 | All versions | 0:3.4.1-0.31.el6ev |
rhevm-userportal Red Hat:rhev_manager:3 | All versions | 0:3.4.1-0.31.el6ev |
rhevm-webadmin-portal Red Hat:rhev_manager:3 | All versions | 0:3.4.1-0.31.el6ev |
rhevm-websocket-proxy Red Hat:rhev_manager:3 | All versions | 0:3.4.1-0.31.el6ev |
Products include Redhat Enterprise Virtualization.
How do I fix CVE-2014-3559?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2014-3559 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3559 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-24xc-rjq3-m9pj, RHSA-2014:1002.