First published: Tue Oct 06 2015(Updated: )
Title: Nova network security group changes are not applied to running instances Reporter: Sreekumar S and Suntao Products: Nova Affects: <=2014.2.3, >=2015.1.0, <=2015.1.1 Description: Sreekumar S and Suntao independently reported a vulnerability in Nova network. Security group changes silently fail to be applied to already running instances, potentially resulting in instances not being protected by the security group. All Nova network setups are affected. References: <a href="https://launchpad.net/bugs/1491307">https://launchpad.net/bugs/1491307</a> <a href="https://launchpad.net/bugs/1484738">https://launchpad.net/bugs/1484738</a> <a href="http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q4/41">http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q4/41</a>
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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OpenStack Compute (Nova) | <=2014.2.3>=2015.1.0<=2015.1.1 |
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The severity of REDHAT-BUG-1269119 is considered to be a medium risk due to security group changes not being applied to running instances.
To fix REDHAT-BUG-1269119, upgrade OpenStack Nova to a version later than 2015.1.1 or any version greater than 2014.2.3.
REDHAT-BUG-1269119 affects OpenStack Nova versions up to and including 2014.2.3 and versions from 2015.1.0 to 2015.1.1.
REDHAT-BUG-1269119 is categorized as a configuration vulnerability impacting network security group changes.
REDHAT-BUG-1269119 was reported independently by Sreekumar S and Suntao.