CVE-2015-5303
It was discovered that Director's NeutronMetadataProxySharedSecret parameter remained specified at the default value of 'unset'. This value is used by OpenStack Networking to sign instance headers; if unchanged, an attacker knowing the shared secret could use this flaw to spoof OpenStack Networking metadata requests.
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CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| OpenStack 7.0 Director for RHEL 7 (python-rdomanager-oscplugin) | RHSA-2015:2650 | 2015-12-21 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| OpenStack 8.0 Director for RHEL 7 | python-tripleoclient | Not affected |