Advisory severityHigh7.6Red Hat Linux

High [CVE-2013-0335] Openstack nova: vnc proxy can connect to the wrong vm

This high-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2013-0335 affecting OpenStack Folsom for RHEL 6.

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CVE-2013-0335 Source published Mar 22, 2013Source updated Mar 22, 2013

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CVE-2013-0335

Affected products & platforms

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Summary

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Folsom (2012.2), and Essex (2012.1) allows remote authenticated users to gain access to a VM in opportunistic circumstances by using the VNC token for a deleted VM that was bound to the same VNC port. Red Hat severity: Important — CVSS 7.6 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L).

Weakness: CWE-613. Affected Red Hat products: OpenStack Folsom for RHEL 6.

Red Hat lists Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens); Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2; Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1; Red Hat OpenStack Platform 18.0 as not affected. Red Hat fixing advisory: RHSA-2013:0709.

Affected versions

No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative — check it before change work.

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Fixed versions

openstack-nova-0:2012.2.3-7.el6ost
RHSA-2013:0709

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 15 days ago·verify at source

Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

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