# CVE-2014-0040: Security feature bypass in n/a

> Man-in-the-middle attackers can prevent package and key updates in OpenStack Heat Templates by exploiting insecure HTTP connections to Yum repositories.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 2 Jun 2014
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m883-qh5j-9hj8

## What is CVE-2014-0040?

CVE-2014-0040 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openstack, published on 2 Jun 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

OpenStack Heat Templates (heat-templates), as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0, uses an HTTP connection to download (1) packages and (2) signing keys from Yum repositories, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to prevent updates via unspecified vectors.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0040?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Redhat Openstack.

## How do I fix CVE-2014-0040?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2014-0040 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0040 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Openstack

- [CVE-2015-1842](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1842/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2017-2637](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-2637/): Auth bypass in rhosp-director (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2022-38065](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38065/): Privilege escalation in OpenStack (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-4474](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4474/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-31918](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-31918/): Information disclosure in tripleo-ansible (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-0040 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2014-0040 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openstack, published on 2 Jun 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0040 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Redhat Openstack. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0040/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0040/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0040
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0040
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-0040

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-0040/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.