VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-4278
The "create an instance" API in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly enforce the os-flavor-access:is_public property, which allows remote authenticated users to boot arbitrary flavors by guessing the flavor id.
LOW 3.5EPSS 1.51%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.51%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The "create an instance" API in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly enforce the os-flavor-access:is_public property, which allows remote authenticated users to boot arbitrary flavors by guessing the flavor id. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2256.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 LOWAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.51% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- openstack/compute
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-August/000138.htmlPatch
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1212179
- http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-August/000138.htmlPatch
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1212179
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.