Bug 1121925 – CVE-2014-3559 ovirt-engine-backend: memory snapshots not wiped when deleting a VM with wipe-after-delete (WAD) enabled for its disks

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Bug 1121925 - (CVE-2014-3559) CVE-2014-3559 ovirt-engine-backend: memory snapshots not wiped when deleting a VM with wipe-after-delete (WAD) enabled for its disks

Summary:	CVE-2014-3559 ovirt-engine-backend: memory snapshots not wiped when deleting ...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2014-3559

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1121928 1121929
Blocks:	1121930
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Reported:	2014-07-22 03:18 EDT by David Jorm
Modified:	2014-10-20 20:06 EDT (History)
CC List:	16 users (show)

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Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	It was found that the oVirt storage back end did not wipe memory snapshots when VMs were deleted, even if wipe-after-delete (WAD) was enabled for the VM's disks. A remote attacker with credentials to create a new VM could use this flaw to potentially access the contents of memory snapshots in an uninitialized storage volume, possibly leading to the disclosure of sensitive information.
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Last Closed:	2014-08-04 10:33:18 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2014:1002	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Moderate: rhevm security update	2014-08-04 14:17:08 EDT

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Description David Jorm 2014-07-22 03:18:17 EDT

IssueDescription:

It was found that the oVirt storage back end did not wipe memory snapshots when VMs were deleted, even if wipe-after-delete (WAD) was enabled for the VM's disks. A remote attacker with credentials to create a new VM could use this flaw to potentially access the contents of memory snapshots in an uninitialized storage volume, possibly leading to the disclosure of sensitive information.

Comment 2 David Jorm 2014-07-22 18:53:03 EDT

Acknowledgements:

This issue was discovered by Idan Shaby and Allon Mureinik of Red Hat.

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2014-08-04 10:17:16 EDT

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  RHEV Manager version 3.4

Via RHSA-2014:1002 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1002.html

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