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Secunia Security Advisory 46808

Secunia Security Advisory 46808
Posted Jun 8, 2012
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - A security issue has been reported in OpenStack Compute (Nova), which can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions.

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Secunia Security Advisory 46808

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TITLE:
OpenStack Compute (Nova) "Security Group" Security Bypass Security
Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46808

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/46808/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=46808

RELEASE DATE:
2012-06-07

DISCUSS ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/46808/#comments

AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA:
* Last Update
* Popularity
* Comments
* Criticality Level
* Impact
* Where
* Solution Status
* Operating System / Software
* CVE Reference(s)

http://secunia.com/advisories/46808/

ONLY AVAILABLE IN CUSTOMER AREA:
* Authentication Level
* Report Reliability
* Secunia PoC
* Secunia Analysis
* Systems Affected
* Approve Distribution
* Remediation Status
* Secunia CVSS Score
* CVSS

https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=46808

ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI:
* AUTOMATED SCANNING

http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in OpenStack Compute (Nova), which
can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security
restrictions.

The security issue is caused due to an error when handling protocols
defined with incorrect cases via the EC2 and OS APIs and can be
exploited to incorrectly set a "Security Group" and e.g. cause
"Security Group" rules to fail.

The security issue is reported in the series Diablo (2011.3), Essex
(2012.1), and Folsom (2012.2).

SOLUTION:
Fixed in the GIT repository for series Essex (2012.1) and Folsom
(2012.2). A fix for series Diablo (2011.3) is currently under review.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits HP Cloud Services.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg12883.html
https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ff06c7c885dc94ed7c828e8cdbb8b5d850a7e654
https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/9f9e9da777161426a6f8cb4314b78e09beac2978
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/8239/

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

DEEP LINKS:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

EXTENDED SOLUTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

EXPLOIT:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/

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About:
This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help
private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest
vulnerabilities.

Subscribe:
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Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.)
http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/


Please Note:
Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by
clicking the link.
Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories.
Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only
use those supplied by the vendor.

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