Access Restriction Bypass The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package nova  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-NOVA-638690
  • published19 Jun 2014
  • disclosed19 Jun 2014

Introduced: 19 Jun 2014

CVE-2013-1068  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nova package and not the nova package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The OpenStack Nova (python-nova) package 1:2013.2.3-0 before 1:2013.2.3-0ubuntu1.2 and 1:2014.1-0 before 1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.2 and Openstack Cinder (python-cinder) package 1:2013.2.3-0 before 1:2013.2.3-0ubuntu1.1 and 1:2014.1-0 before 1:2014.1-0ubuntu1.1 for Ubuntu 13.10 and 14.04 LTS does not properly set the sudo configuration, which makes it easier for attackers to gain privileges by leveraging another vulnerability.