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python-oslo.utils — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2014-7231

The strutils.mask_password function in the OpenStack Oslo utility library, Cinder, Nova, and Trove before 2013.2.4 and 2014.1 before 2014.1.3 does not properly mask passwords when logging commands, which allows local users to obtain passwords by reading the log.

Products
python-oslo.utils
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
0.2.0-1
CVEs
CVE-2014-7231
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 21:45 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-7231

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 Oct 2014, 19:55 UTC

The strutils.mask_password function in the OpenStack Oslo utility library, Cinder, Nova, and Trove before 2013.2.4 and 2014.1 before 2014.1.3 does not properly mask passwords when logging commands, which allows local users to obtain passwords by reading the log.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2014-7231

python-oslo.utils

Fixed versions: 0.2.0-1

python-oslo.utils

Fixed versions: 0.2.0-1

python-oslo.utils

Fixed versions: 0.2.0-1

Complete source record
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