CVE-2015-0259

CVE Details

Release Date:	2015-03-10
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	4.9
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	Single
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (openstack-nova)	OLOSSA-2015-0026	2015-05-08