CVE-2014-0167

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-04-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The Nova EC2 API security group implementation in OpenStack Compute (Nova) 2013.1 before 2013.2.4 and icehouse before icehouse-rc2 does not enforce RBAC policies for (1) add_rules, (2) remove_rules, (3) destroy, and other unspecified methods in compute/api.py when using non-default policies, which allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges via these API requests.

Affected products

OpenStack Compute: 2013.1, 2013.1.1, 2013.1.2, 2013.1.3, 2013.2, 2013.2.1 (+2)
OpenStack Icehouse: all versions

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/26
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2247-1
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1290537
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/09/26
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2247-1
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1290537

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