CVE-2014-7230: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The processutils.execute function in OpenStack oslo-incubator, Cinder, Nova, and Trove before 2013.2.4 and 2014.1 before 2014.1.3 allows local users to obtain passwords from commands that cause a ProcessExecutionError by reading the log.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 14.04 only
• Openstack Cinder: from 2013.2, before 2013.2.4 (fixed in 2013.2.4); from 2014.1, before 2014.1.3 (fixed in 2014.1.3)
• Openstack Nova: from 2013.2, before 2013.2.4 (fixed in 2013.2.4); from 2014.1, before 2014.1.3 (fixed in 2014.1.3)
• Openstack Trove: from 2013.2, before 2013.2.4 (fixed in 2013.2.4); from 2014.1, before 2014.1.3 (fixed in 2014.1.3)
• Red Hat Openstack: version 5.0 only

Published 2014-10-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.