CVE-2015-0259
It was discovered that the OpenStack Compute (nova) console websocket did not correctly verify the origin header. An attacker could use this flaw to conduct a cross-site websocket hijack attack. Note that only Compute setups with VNC or SPICE enabled were affected by this flaw.
Find out more about CVE-2015-0259 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 4.9 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 (openstack-nova) | RHSA-2015:0790 | 2015-04-07 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 (openstack-nova) | RHSA-2015:0844 | 2015-04-16 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 (openstack-nova) | RHSA-2015:0843 | 2015-04-16 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0 | openstack-nova | Will not fix |