CVE-2013-2256
Description
OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.1.3 and Havana before havana-2 does not properly enforce the os-flavor-access:is_public property, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information (flavor properties), boot arbitrary flavors, and possibly have other unspecified impacts by guessing the flavor id.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2013.1.2-3 |
| sid | Fixed | 2013.1.2-3 |
| forky | Fixed | 2013.1.2-3 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2013.1.2-3 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2013.1.2-3 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | nova | <2013.1.3 | 2013.1.3 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2256
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1199
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2256
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1194093
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=993340
- https://opendev.org/openstack/nova
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/281
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2256
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.