CVE-2014-3517

OpenStack Nova < 2013.2.4 - Instance ID Signature Exposure via Metadata Request Timing

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/17/2
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1325128

Scores

EPSS 0.0040
EPSS Percentile 60.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (3)
openstack/nova 2014.2.0 milestone1
openstack/nova 2013.2 - 2013.2.4
pypi/nova 0 - 2013.2.4PyPI
Published Aug 07, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026