PYSEC-2012-37

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    PYSEC-2012-37

    Published: 21 Jun 2012Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The (1) EC2 and (2) OS APIs in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2), Essex (2012.1), and Diablo (2011.3) do not properly check the protocol when security groups are created and the network protocol is not specified entirely in lowercase, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

    References: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/8239/, https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/9f9e9da777161426a6f8cb4314b78e09beac2978, https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/9f9e9da777161426a6f8cb4314b78e09beac2978, https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ff06c7c885dc94ed7c828e8cdbb8b5d850a7e654, https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ff06c7c885dc94ed7c828e8cdbb8b5d850a7e654, https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg12883.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1466-1, https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/985184, http://secunia.com/advisories/49439, http://secunia.com/advisories/46808, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76110, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-46r8-9cj7-pw6g

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: nova

    Purl: pkg:pypi/nova

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -9f9e9da777161426a6f8cb4314b78e09beac2978

    Affected versions

    15.1.5

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High