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CVE-2013-4497 json

OpenStack Compute Nova Improper Access Control

published 13y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-27q4-38qf-m25h , PYSEC-2026-859 , EUVD-2022-1935

cvss
6.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The XenAPI backend in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana before 2013.2 does not properly apply security groups (1) when resizing an image or (2) during live migration, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions.

Patch / fix

  • pypi nova 12.0.0a0
  • nova Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2013.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4497

  • openstack-nova openstack 3 2013.1.5-2.el6ost
  • python-nova openstack 3 2013.1.5-2.el6ost
  • openstack-nova-api openstack 3 2013.1.5-2.el6ost
  • openstack-nova-cert openstack 3 2013.1.5-2.el6ost
  • openstack-nova-cells openstack 3 2013.1.5-2.el6ost
  • openstack-nova-common openstack 3 2013.1.5-2.el6ost
  • openstack-nova-compute openstack 3 2013.1.5-2.el6ost
  • openstack-nova-console openstack 3 2013.1.5-2.el6ost

red hat advisories RHSA-2014:0366

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-4497 updated cvss 3.6

openstack-nova: XenAPI security groups not kept through migrate or resize

  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 openstack-nova
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 python-nova 2013.1.5-2.el6ost, openstack-nova 2013.1.5-2.el6ost, openstack-nova-api 2013.1.5-2.el6ost, openstack-nova-cert 2013.1.5-2.el6ost, openstack-nova-cells 2013.1.5-2.el6ost, openstack-nova-common 2013.1.5-2.el6ost, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2014:0366

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi nova
<12.0.0a0
12.0.0a0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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