Improper Access Control
CVE-2015-2687
Summary
OpenStack Compute (nova) Icehouse, Juno and Havana when live migration fails allows local users to access VM volumes that they would normally not have permissions for.
- HIGH
- LOCAL
- NONE
- UNCHANGED
- NONE
- LOW
- HIGH
- NONE
CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.
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Advisory Timeline
- Published