QID 240176

Date Published: 2022-03-28

QID 240176: Red Hat Update for OpenStack Platform 16.1 (RHSA-2022:0983)

openstack compute (codename nova) is open source software designed to provision and manage large networks of virtual machines, creating a redundant and scalable cloud computing platform.
It gives you the software, control panels, and apis required to orchestrate a cloud, including running instances, managing networks, and controlling access through users and projects.
Openstack compute strives to be both hardware and hypervisor agnostic, currently supporting a variety of standard hardware configurations and seven major hypervisors.

Security Fix(es):
  • novnc allows open redirection (cve-2021-3654)

Affected Products:

  • Red Hat openstack 16.1 x86_64
  • Red Hat openstack for ibm power 16.1 ppc64le



Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 6.1 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4 severity.
    • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2022:0983 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 240176

    CVE-2021-3654 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2022:0983 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0983
    By selecting these links, you may be leaving CVEreport webspace. We have provided these links to other websites because they may have information that would be of interest to you. No inferences should be drawn on account of other sites being referenced, or not, from this page. There may be other websites that are more appropriate for your purpose. CVEreport does not necessarily endorse the views expressed, or concur with the facts presented on these sites. Further, CVEreport does not endorse any commercial products that may be mentioned on these sites. Please address comments about any linked pages to [email protected].