CVE-2012-2654
mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.026 · 85 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The (1) EC2 and (2) OS APIs in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2), Essex (2012.1), and Diablo (2011.3) do not properly check the protocol when security groups are created and the network protocol is not specified entirely in lowercase, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–4.3
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affected products (6)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-46r8-9cj7-pw6gOpenStack Compute (Nova) Improper Input Validation2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
The (1) EC2 and (2) OS APIs in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2), Essex (2012.1), and Diablo (2011.3) do not properly check the protocol when security groups are created and the network protocol is not specified entirely in lowercase, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
- PYSEC-2012-372012-06-21vendor · osvUS
The (1) EC2 and (2) OS APIs in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2), Essex (2012.1), and Diablo (2011.3) do not properly check the protocol when security groups are created and the network protocol is not specified entirely in lowercase, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
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references (28)
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/46808cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49439cnnvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1466-1cnnvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1466-1/Patchcnnvd
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/76110cnnvd
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/985184cnnvd
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/9f9e9da777161426a6f8cb4314b78e09beac2978cnnvd
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ff06c7c885dc94ed7c828e8cdbb8b5d850a7e654cnnvd
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