Vulnerability in OpenStack Compute allowing unauthorized access to boot flavors
CVE-2013-4278

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Openstack
Status
Compute
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 September 2013

Summary

The OpenStack Compute (Nova) API's 'create an instance' function fails to properly enforce the os-flavor-access:is_public property. This weakness allows remote authenticated users to boot arbitrary flavors by merely guessing the flavor IDs. This issue is a result of an incomplete fix for a previously reported vulnerability in OpenStack. As a result, unauthorized access to private flavors may occur, which poses significant security risks and challenges for cloud environments.

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1212179
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http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2...
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html
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Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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