CVE-2014-0167 OpenStack Compute (Nova) allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via API requests

What is CVE-2014-0167?

CVE-2014-0167 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Apr 2014. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Nova EC2 API security group implementation in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2013.1 before 2013.2.4 and icehouse before icehouse-rc2 does not enforce RBAC policies for (1) add_rules, (2) remove_rules, (3) destroy, and other unspecified methods in compute/api.py when using non-default policies, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via these API requests.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0167?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including nova. It affects 2 products.

Products include Openstack Compute, Openstack Icehouse.

How do I fix CVE-2014-0167?

Upgrade nova to 2013.2.4 or later.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2014-0167 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0167 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2013-7130 OpenStack Nova Live migration can leak root disk into ephemeral storage High 7.1
• CVE-2015-2687 OpenStack Compute (Nova) Improper Access Control Medium 4.7
• CVE-2013-4179 OpenStack Compute (Nova) vulnerable to denial of service via XML Entity Expansion attack Medium 4.3
• CVE-2012-2654 OpenStack Compute (Nova) Improper Input Validation Medium 4.3
• CVE-2013-4185 OpenStack Nova Denial of Service in network source security groups Medium 4.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0167, GHSA-p258-xmh3-72pv, PYSEC-2026-878.