Apache CloudStack up to 4.18.1.0/4.19.0.0 extraconfig access control

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apache CloudStack up to 4.18.1.0/4.19.0.0. This impacts an unknown function of the component extraconfig. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-29008. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Apache CloudStack up to 4.18.1.0/4.19.0.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality of the component extraconfig. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A problem has been identified in the CloudStack additional VM configuration (extraconfig) feature which can be misused by anyone who has privilege to deploy a VM instance or configure settings of an already deployed VM instance, to configure additional VM configuration even when the feature is not explicitly enabled by the administrator. In a KVM based CloudStack environment, an attacker can exploit this issue to attach host devices such as storage disks, and PCI and USB devices such as network adapters and GPUs, in a regular VM instance that can be further exploited to gain access to the underlying network and storage infrastructure resources, and access any VM instance disks on the local storage. Users are advised to upgrade to version 4.18.1.1 or 4.19.0.1, which fixes this issue.

It is possible to read the advisory at lists.apache.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-29008 since 03/13/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/30/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 4.18.1.1 or 4.19.0.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Cloud Software

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• Apache

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• CloudStack

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• 4.18.0
• 4.18.1.0
• 4.19.0

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• open-source

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• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/

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