CVE-2013-4278

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.

Category

3.5
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.20%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1212179
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-August/000138.html mailing list patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-4278?
CVE-2013-4278 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-4278?
To fix CVE-2013-4278, 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-2013-4278 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2013-4278 is being actively exploited. 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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