CVE-2014-3517
EPSS 0.40%OpenStack Compute (Nova) Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability
Published: 5/14/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
api/metadata/handler.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.2.4, 2014.x before 2014.1.2, and Juno before Juno-2, when proxying metadata requests through Neutron, makes it easier for remote attackers to guess instance ID signatures via a brute-force attack that relies on timing differences in responses to instance metadata requests.
Affected packages (2)
- Debian/novafrom 0, < 2014.1.1-8
- PyPI/novafrom 0, < 2013.2.4
References (9)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3517
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3517
- PATCHhttps://opendev.org/openstack/nova
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0940
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1084
- WEBhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3517
- WEBhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1325128
- WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1112499
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/2