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CVE-2013-4497

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-11-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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.

Affected products

• OpenStack Folsom: all versions
• OpenStack Grizzly: all versions
• OpenStack Havana: through havana-3; havana-1, havana-2

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/03/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/03/3
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1073306
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1202266
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/03/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/03/3
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1073306
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1202266

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