CVE-2013-6426 Information

Description

The cloudformation-compatible API in OpenStack Orchestration API (Heat) before Havana 2013.2.1 and Icehouse before icehouse-2 does not properly enforce policy rules which allows local in-instance users to bypass intended access restrictions and (1) create a stack via the CreateStack method or (2) update a stack via the UpdateStack method.

Reference

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0090.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/11/9 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64243 https://bugs.launchpad.net/heat/+bug/1256049 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89658