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medium 5.5

CVE-2015-3156 json

Openstack DBaaS (Trove) Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

published 2017-08-11 9 y ago modified 2026-07-07 4 mo ago also GHSA-98c8-36p9-gw66 , PYSEC-2026-1053 , EUVD-2022-3323

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The _write_config function in trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/mongodb/service.py, reset_configuration function in trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/postgresql/service/config.py, write_config function in trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/redis/service.py, _write_mycnf function in trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql/service.py, InnoBackupEx::_run_prepare function in trove/guestagent/strategies/restore/mysql_impl.py, InnoBackupEx::cmd function in trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/mysql_impl.py, MySQLDump::cmd in trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/mysql_impl.py, InnoBackupExIncremental::cmd function in trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/mysql_impl.py, _get_actual_db_status function in trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/cassandra/system.py and trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/cassandra/service.py, and multiple class CbBackup methods in trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/experimental/couchbase_impl.py in Openstack DBaaS (aka Trove) as packaged in Openstack before 2015.1.0 (aka Kilo) allows local users to write to configuration files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Patch / fix

  • pypi trove 4.0.0a0
  • openstack-trove OpenStack Cloud 5 2014.2.4.juno-15.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:0739-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-3156 updated cvss 3.8

openstack-trove: multiple insecure /tmp file usage issues

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse) openstack-trove Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6 (Juno) openstack-trove
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
OSV 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi trove
<4.0.0a0
4.0.0a0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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