What is the severity of CVE-2013-2256?

CVE-2013-2256 is considered a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential to expose sensitive information and allow unauthorized access.

How do I fix CVE-2013-2256?

To remediate CVE-2013-2256, upgrade your OpenStack Nova version to at least 2013.1.3 or any version after Havana-2.

What systems are affected by CVE-2013-2256?

CVE-2013-2256 affects OpenStack Compute (Nova) versions prior to 2013.1.3 and the Havana release before havana-2.

What impact does CVE-2013-2256 have on exposed systems?

CVE-2013-2256 can allow remote authenticated users to access sensitive flavor properties and boot arbitrary flavors, posing security risks.

Who is primarily affected by CVE-2013-2256?

Organizations using vulnerable versions of OpenStack Nova are primarily affected by CVE-2013-2256 due to potential unauthorized access.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2013-2256

medium

CWE

264

16/9/2013

6/8/2024

CVE-2013-2256

First published: Mon Sep 16 2013(Updated: )

OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.1.3 and Havana before havana-2 does not properly enforce the os-flavor-access:is_public property, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information (flavor properties), boot arbitrary flavors, and possibly have other unspecified impacts by guessing the flavor id.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
OpenStack Nova	>=2013.1<2013.1.3
OpenStack Nova	=2013.2-milestone1

Remedy

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/281

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-2256?
CVE-2013-2256 is considered a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential to expose sensitive information and allow unauthorized access.
How do I fix CVE-2013-2256?
To remediate CVE-2013-2256, upgrade your OpenStack Nova version to at least 2013.1.3 or any version after Havana-2.
What systems are affected by CVE-2013-2256?
CVE-2013-2256 affects OpenStack Compute (Nova) versions prior to 2013.1.3 and the Havana release before havana-2.
What impact does CVE-2013-2256 have on exposed systems?
CVE-2013-2256 can allow remote authenticated users to access sensitive flavor properties and boot arbitrary flavors, posing security risks.
Who is primarily affected by CVE-2013-2256?
Organizations using vulnerable versions of OpenStack Nova are primarily affected by CVE-2013-2256 due to potential unauthorized access.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-2256?
CVE-2013-2256 is considered a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential to expose sensitive information and allow unauthorized access.
How do I fix CVE-2013-2256?
To remediate CVE-2013-2256, upgrade your OpenStack Nova version to at least 2013.1.3 or any version after Havana-2.
What systems are affected by CVE-2013-2256?
CVE-2013-2256 affects OpenStack Compute (Nova) versions prior to 2013.1.3 and the Havana release before havana-2.
What impact does CVE-2013-2256 have on exposed systems?
CVE-2013-2256 can allow remote authenticated users to access sensitive flavor properties and boot arbitrary flavors, posing security risks.
Who is primarily affected by CVE-2013-2256?
Organizations using vulnerable versions of OpenStack Nova are primarily affected by CVE-2013-2256 due to potential unauthorized access.