CVE-2013-2255

Description

From CVE.org

HTTPSConnections in OpenStack Keystone 2013, OpenStack Compute 2013.1, and possibly other OpenStack components, fail to validate server-side SSL certificates.

Statement

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact in RedHat Enterprise OpenStack Platform 3 however fixing this issue would require a change to default behavior. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates.

This issue did not affect the versions of openstack-keystone or python-keystone client as shipped with RedHat Enterprise OpenStack Platform 4.

For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).

The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score4.34.3N/A
Attack VectorNetworkNetworkN/A
Access ComplexityMediumMediumN/A
AuthenticationNoneNoneN/A
Confidentiality ImpactNoneNoneN/A
Integrity ImpactPartialPartialN/A
Availability ImpactNoneNoneN/A

Vector

Red Hat: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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