CVE-2017-12440
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Aodh as packaged in Openstack Ocata and Newton before change-ID I8fd11a7f9fe3c0ea5f9843a89686ac06713b7851 and before Pike-rc1 does not verify that trust IDs belong to the user when creating alarm action with the scheme trust+http, which allows remote authenticated users with knowledge of trust IDs where Aodh is the trustee to obtain a Keystone token and perform unspecified authenticated actions by adding an alarm action with the scheme trust+http, and providing a trust id where Aodh is the trustee.
Find out more about CVE-2017-12440 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 4.9 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | None |
Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (openstack-aodh) | RHSA-2017:3227 | 2017-11-15 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11.0 (Ocata) (openstack-aodh) | RHSA-2018:0315 | 2018-02-13 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 | openstack-aodh | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) | openstack-aodh | Will not fix |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12.0 | openstack-aodh | Not affected |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the OpenStack project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Zane Bitter (Red Hat) as the original reporter.External References
CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation