CVE-2014-0167

Summary

CVECVE-2014-0167
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-04-15 14:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openstack Compute 2013.1 All All All
Application Openstack Compute 2013.1.1 All All All
Application Openstack Compute 2013.1.2 All All All
Application Openstack Compute 2013.1.3 All All All
Application Openstack Compute 2013.2 All All All
Application Openstack Compute 2013.2.1 All All All
Application Openstack Compute 2013.2.2 All All All
Application Openstack Compute 2013.2.3 All All All
Application Openstack Icehouse - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - [OSSA 2014-011] RBAC policy not properly enforced in Nova EC2 API (CVE-2014-0167) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Patch
Bug #1290537 “[0SSA 2014-011] RBAC policy not enforced when addi...” : Bugs : OpenStack Compute (nova) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 launchpad.net Vendor Advisory
USN-2247-1: OpenStack Nova vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2014-0167 MITRE access.redhat.com
Bug 1084868 – CVE-2014-0167 openstack-nova: RBAC policy not properly enforced in Nova EC2 API MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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