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CVE-2013-4278 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-August/000138.html CVEPatch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html CVEVendor Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1212179 CVE
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-August/000138.html [email protected]Patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html [email protected]Vendor Advisory

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
openstack compute
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-4278
NVD Published Date:
Sep 16, 2013
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2013-4278 Details - Not Deferred