OpenStack Compute access control

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in OpenStack Compute (Cloud Software) (version unknown). Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was released 09/16/2013 (Website). The advisory is available at lists.openstack.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-4278 since 06/12/2013. The attack may be launched remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70579 (Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 : nova vulnerabilities (USN-2000-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 195895 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Nova Vulnerabilities (USN-2000-1)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (86665), Tenable (70579), SecurityFocus (BID 62016†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-45269†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-65389, VDB-65388, VDB-64936 and VDB-64935. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 70579
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.04 : nova vulnerabilities (USN-2000-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 866875
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for openstack-nova FEDORA-2013-15373
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: openstack.org

Advisory: USN-2000-1
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-4278 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-4278
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-64946

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X-Force: 86665
SecurityFocus: 62016 - OpenStack Nova CVE-2013-4278 Security Bypass Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 45269 - OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana Remote Security Bypass By Guessing the Flavor ID, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 03:54 PM
Updated: 01/07/2022 04:03 PM
Changes: 03/24/2015 03:54 PM (64), 06/01/2017 08:11 AM (5), 01/07/2022 03:58 PM (3), 01/07/2022 04:03 PM (2)
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