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CVE-2014-0040 Detail

Description

OpenStack Heat Templates (heat-templates), as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0, uses an HTTP connection to download (1) packages and (2) signing keys from Yum repositories, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to prevent updates via unspecified vectors.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  06/02/2014

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6


Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availability (A): None
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized modification

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Hyperlink Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0579.html Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/heat-templates/+bug/1267635
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1059514
https://github.com/openstack/heat-templates/commit/65a4f8bebc72da71c616e2e378b7b1ac354db1a3 Exploit Patch

Technical Details

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Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-0040
NVD Published Date:
06/02/2014
NVD Last Modified:
06/03/2014