CVE-2012-2654

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.

• CWE-20

• http://secunia.com/advisories/46808Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49439Vendor Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1466-1
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/985184Patch
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76110
• https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/9f9e9da777161426a6f8cb4314b78e09beac2978Exploit, Patch
• https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ff06c7c885dc94ed7c828e8cdbb8b5d850a7e654Exploit, Patch
• https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg12883.html
• https://review.openstack.org/#/c/8239/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46808Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/49439Vendor Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1466-1
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/985184Patch
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76110
• https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/9f9e9da777161426a6f8cb4314b78e09beac2978Exploit, Patch
• https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/ff06c7c885dc94ed7c828e8cdbb8b5d850a7e654Exploit, Patch
• https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg12883.html
• https://review.openstack.org/#/c/8239/

Published

Jun 21, 2012

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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