CVE-2012-2654

Summary

CVECVE-2012-2654
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-21 15:55:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-29 01:31:00 UTC
DescriptionThe (1) EC2 and (2) OS APIs in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2), Essex (2012.1), and Diablo (2011.3) do not properly check the protocol when security groups are created and the network protocol is not specified entirely in lowercase, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Compute 2012.2 All All All
Application Openstack Compute 2012.2 All All All
Application Openstack Diablo 2011.3 All All All
Application Openstack Diablo 2011.3 All All All
Application Openstack Essex 2012.1 All All All
Application Openstack Essex 2012.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-1466-1: Nova vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Fix up protocol case handling for security groups. · openstack/nova@ff06c7c · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Exploit, Patch
Gerrit Code Review CONFIRM review.openstack.org
Fix up protocol case handling for security groups. · openstack/nova@9f9e9da · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Exploit, Patch
[OSSA 2012-007] Security groups fail to be set correctly (CVE-2012-2654) : Mailing list archive : openstack team in Launchpad MLIST lists.launchpad.net
Security Advisory SA46808 - OpenStack Compute (Nova) "Security Group" Security Bypass Security Issue - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA49439 - Ubuntu update for nova - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug #985184 “Security groups fail to be set correctly if incorre...” : Bugs : OpenStack Compute (nova) CONFIRM bugs.launchpad.net Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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