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A vulnerability was found in OpenStack Heat 2013.2 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-6428. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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A vulnerability has been found in OpenStack Heat 2013.2 (Cloud Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The ReST API in OpenStack Orchestration API (Heat) before Havana 2013.2.1 and Icehouse before icehouse-2 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the tenant scoping restrictions via a modified tenant_id in the request path.

The weakness was disclosed 12/14/2013 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at launchpad.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-6428 since 11/04/2013. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 2013.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entry VDB-65766 is pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Cloud Software

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• OpenStack

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• Heat

Version

• 2013.2

License

• free

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