CVE-2015-5160

Publication date 20 August 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libvirt	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	15.04 vivid	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Notes

tyhicks

libvirt and qemu need changes to securely pass passwords between themselves.

mdeslaur

libvirt fix required qemu 2.6 we will not be fixing this minor issue in xenial and earlier.

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 5.5 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N