CVE-2013-2256

Public Exploit

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.

Category

6.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.34%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1194093 third party advisory exploit
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/281 mailing list third party advisory patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-2256?
CVE-2013-2256 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-2256?
To fix CVE-2013-2256, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-2256 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-2256 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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