Description
The (1) EC2 and (2) OS APIs in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2), Essex (2012.1), and Diablo (2011.3) do not properly check the protocol when security groups are created and the network protocol is not specified entirely in lowercase, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
Published: 2012-06-21
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 1.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-0020 The (1) EC2 and (2) OS APIs in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2), Essex (2012.1), and Diablo (2011.3) do not properly check the protocol when security groups are created and the network protocol is not specified entirely in lowercase, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-46r8-9cj7-pw6g OpenStack Compute (Nova) Improper Input Validation
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1466-1 Nova vulnerability
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:42:31.878Z

Reserved: 2012-05-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-2654

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Status : Modified

Published: 2012-06-21T15:55:12.847

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-2654

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Weaknesses