CVE-2013-4278
low
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v2
3.5
VIR risk
3.5
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4278
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-August/000138.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2013.1.3-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2013.1.3-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2013.1.3-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2013.1.3-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2013.1.3-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | nova | <12.0.0a0 | 12.0.0a0 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| openstack | compute | - | |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4278
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/4054cc4a22a1fea997dec76afb5646fd6c6ea6b9
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/6825959560e06725d26625fd21f5c0b78b305492
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/8b686195afe7e6dfb46c56c1ef2fe9c993d8e495
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1212179
- https://github.com/openstack/nova
- http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-August/000138.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4278
CWEs
CWE-264
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.