CVE-2015-5160 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published 20 Aug 2018 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Local attackers can obtain sensitive Ceph credentials from process listings when libvirt uses RADOS Block Device storage.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2015-5160?

CVE-2015-5160 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 20 Aug 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

libvirt before 2.2 includes Ceph credentials on the qemu command line when using RADOS Block Device (aka RBD), which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a process listing.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-5160?

It affects 10 products.

Products include Libvirt Libvirt, Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Eus, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus and 4 more.

How do I fix CVE-2015-5160?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2015-5160 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-5160 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Redhat Enterprise Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5160, GHSA-57w8-4258-hhvg, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5160.