OpenStack Compute up to 2013.2.3 Privileges access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenStack Compute up to 2013.2.3. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Privileges. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2014-0167. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenStack Compute up to 2013.2.3 (Cloud Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Privileges. 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, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Nova EC2 API security group implementation in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2013.1 before 2013.2.4 and icehouse before icehouse-rc2 does not enforce RBAC policies for (1) add_rules, (2) remove_rules, (3) destroy, and other unspecified methods in compute/api.py when using non-default policies, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via these API requests.

The weakness was published 04/15/2014 (oss-sec). It is possible to read the advisory at openwall.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-0167 since 12/03/2013. The attack may be initiated remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. 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.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 76479 (Fedora 20 : openstack-nova-2013.2.3-2.fc20 (2014-7954)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 195523 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Nova Vulnerabilities (USN-2247-1)).

Upgrading to version 2013.1.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (92593), Tenable (76479), SecurityFocus (BID 66753†), Secunia (SA56450†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-45517†). Similar entries are available at VDB-66335, VDB-66327, VDB-66281 and VDB-65400. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 76479
Nessus Name: Fedora 20 : openstack-nova-2013.2.3-2.fc20 (2014-7954)
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OpenVAS ID: 867773
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for openstack-nova FEDORA-2014-7954
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Compute 2013.1.1

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12/03/2013 🔍
01/24/2014 +52 days 🔍
04/09/2014 +75 days 🔍
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04/15/2014 +6 days 🔍
04/15/2014 +0 days 🔍
07/14/2014 +90 days 🔍
07/20/2014 +6 days 🔍
03/25/2015 +248 days 🔍
03/15/2022 +2547 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: openstack.org

Advisory: USN-2247-1
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CVE: CVE-2014-0167 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0167
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69335

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X-Force: 92593
SecurityFocus: 66753 - OpenStack Nova CVE-2014-0167 RBAC Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 56450 - OpenStack Compute (Nova) Live Migration Root Disk Contents Disclosure Security Issue, Not Critical
Vulnerability Center: 45517 - OpenStack Compute Bypass Restrictions due to not Enforcing RBAC Policies in the EC2 API, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/25/2015 16:45
Updated: 03/15/2022 08:41
Changes: 03/25/2015 16:45 (70), 06/02/2017 07:59 (9), 03/15/2022 08:39 (3), 03/15/2022 08:41 (1)
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