CVE-2013-4497

medium

Published 2022-05-17 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.4

Description

The XenAPI backend in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana before 2013.2 does not properly apply security groups (1) when resizing an image or (2) during live migration, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2013.2-1`
sid	Fixed	`2013.2-1`
forky	Fixed	`2013.2-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2013.2-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2013.2-1`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
PyPI	nova	`<12.0.0a0`	`12.0.0a0`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
openstack	havana	`{"endIncluding":"havana-3"}`
openstack	havana	`havana-1`
openstack	havana	`havana-2`
openstack	grizzly	`-`
openstack	folsom	`-`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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