CVE-2017-2637

CRITICAL

Red Hat OpenStack Platform - Unauthenticated Libvirtd Access via Live-Migration Configuration

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A design flaw issue was found in the Red Hat OpenStack Platform director use of TripleO to enable libvirtd based live-migration. Libvirtd is deployed by default (by director) listening on 0.0.0.0 (all interfaces) with no-authentication or encryption. Anyone able to make a TCP connection to any compute host IP address, including 127.0.0.1, other loopback interface addresses, or in some cases possibly addresses that have been exposed beyond the management interface, could use this to open a virsh session to the libvirtd instance and gain control of virtual machine instances or possibly take over the host.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1546
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1537
Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2637
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98576
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/OSSN/OSSN-0007
Mitigation, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://access.redhat.com/solutions/3022771
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1242
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1504

Scores

CVSS v3 9.9
EPSS 0.0478
EPSS Percentile 90.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-306
Status published
Products (4)
redhat/openstack 7.0
redhat/openstack 8
redhat/openstack 9
redhat/openstack 10
Published Jul 26, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026