CVE-2014-3641 OpenStack Cinder Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability

Medium 4.0 Published Updated

Remote authenticated users can read sensitive file data from Cinder-volume hosts by exploiting crafted qcow2 headers in GlusterFS or Smbfs drivers.

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-2014-3641?

CVE-2014-3641 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Oct 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The (1) GlusterFS and (2) Linux Smbfs drivers in OpenStack Cinder before 2014.1.3 allows remote authenticated users to obtain file data from the Cinder-volume host by cloning and attaching a volume with a crafted qcow2 header.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3641?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including cinder. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
cinder PyPIAll versions2014.1.3
cinder PyPIAll versions2014.1.3
cinder PyPIAll versions2014.1.3

Products include Openstack Cinder.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3641?

Upgrade cinder to 2014.1.3 or later.

Is CVE-2014-3641 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3641 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3641, GHSA-qhch-g8qr-p497, PYSEC-2026-791, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3641.

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