Bug 1152346 (CVE-2014-8750) - CVE-2014-8750 openstack-nova: Nova VMware driver may connect VNC to another tenant's console
Summary: CVE-2014-8750 openstack-nova: Nova VMware driver may connect VNC to another t...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2014-8750
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1152347 1152348 1152353 1152354 1152355
Blocks: 1150897 1152349
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Reported: 2014-10-14 01:16 UTC by Murray McAllister
Modified: 2021-02-17 06:07 UTC (History)
39 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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A race condition flaw was found in the way the nova VMware driver handled VNC port allocation. An authenticated user could use this flaw to gain unauthorized console access to instances belonging to other tenants by repeatedly spawning new instances. Note that only nova setups using the VMware driver and the VNC proxy service were affected.
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Last Closed: 2014-11-03 12:17:21 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:1689 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: openstack-nova security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2014-10-22 21:21:07 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:1781 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: openstack-nova security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2014-11-03 13:25:49 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:1782 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: openstack-nova security, bug fix, and enhancement update 2014-11-03 13:25:42 UTC

Description Murray McAllister 2014-10-14 01:16:36 UTC 
The OpenStack project reports:

""
Title: Nova VMware driver may connect VNC to another tenant's console
Reporter: Marcio Roberto Starke
Products: Nova
Versions: up to 2014.1.3

Description:
Marcio Roberto Starke reported a vulnerability in the Nova VMware
driver. A race condition in its VNC port allocation may cause it to
connect the wrong console if instances are created concurrently. By
repeatedly spawning new instances, an authenticated user may be able
to gain unauthorized console access to instances belonging to other
tenants. Only Nova setups using the VMware driver and the VNC proxy
service are affected.
""

CVE request:
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/313

References:
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1357372
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/126425/
Comment 3 Murray McAllister 2014-10-14 01:17:58 UTC 
Created openstack-nova tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1152347]
Comment 5 Murray McAllister 2014-10-14 06:48:50 UTC 
MITRE assigned CVE-2014-8750 to this issue:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/316
Comment 6 Matthew Booth 2014-10-14 09:16:12 UTC 
The fix for this has been merged into Icehouse stable here:

https://review.openstack.org/#/c/126425/

It hasn't been merged into Havana.

The bug's real and looks fairly easy to exploit, although it would be very difficult to pick a specific target to hijack.

I'm going to assume you want a Havana backport. Do you also need an Icehouse backport, or will that be picked up automatically with the next stable merge?
Comment 12 Martin Prpič 2014-10-21 08:13:21 UTC 
IssueDescription:

A race condition flaw was found in the way the nova VMware driver handled VNC port allocation. An authenticated user could use this flaw to gain unauthorized console access to instances belonging to other tenants by repeatedly spawning new instances. Note that only nova setups using the VMware driver and the VNC proxy service were affected.
Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2014-10-22 17:22:02 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  OpenStack 4 for RHEL 6

Via RHSA-2014:1689 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1689.html
Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2014-11-03 08:26:19 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  OpenStack 5 for RHEL 7

Via RHSA-2014:1782 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1782.html
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2014-11-03 08:26:51 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  OpenStack 5 for RHEL 6

Via RHSA-2014:1781 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1781.html
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