CVE-2014-3517
api/metadata/handler.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.2.4, 2014.x before 2014.1.2, and Juno before Juno-2, when proxying metadata requests through Neutron, makes it easier for remote attackers to guess instance ID signatures via a brute-force…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.95%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
api/metadata/handler.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.2.4, 2014.x before 2014.1.2, and Juno before Juno-2, when proxying metadata requests through Neutron, makes it easier for remote attackers to guess instance ID signatures via a brute-force attack that relies on timing differences in responses to instance metadata requests.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.95% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- openstack/nova
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/2Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1325128Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/2Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1325128Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.