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SCA: security update for nova (GHSA-xjmj-p278-4jp5)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 420551

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - api/metadata/handler.py in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.2.4, 2014.x before 2014.1.2, and Juno
 before Juno-2, when proxying metadata requests through Neutron, makes it easier for remote attackers to
 guess instance ID signatures via a brute-force attack that relies on timing differences in responses to
 instance metadata requests. (CVE-2014-3517)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xjmj-p278-4jp5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 420551

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3517

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3517

BID: 68710

cwe: CWE-200