CVE-2014-0040

Description

From CVE.org

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.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details

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CVSS v2 Score Breakdown

Red HatNVDcve.org
Base Score2.64.3N/A
Attack VectorNetworkNetworkN/A
Access ComplexityHighMediumN/A
AuthenticationNoneNoneN/A
Confidentiality ImpactNoneNoneN/A
Integrity ImpactPartialPartialN/A
Availability ImpactNoneNoneN/A

Vector

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

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

Understanding the Weakness (CWE)

Integrity,Availability,Confidentiality,Other

Technical Impact: Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands; Alter Execution Logic; Other

Executing untrusted code could compromise the control flow of the program. The untrusted code could execute attacker-controlled commands, read or modify sensitive resources, or prevent the software from functioning correctly for legitimate users.

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Grant Murphy (Red Hat Product Security Team).

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