4.0
MEDIUM
CVE-2014-8333
VMware OpenStack Nova Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

The VMware driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by deleting an instance in the resize state.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 31, 2014, 2:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 22, 2019, 5:48 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

8.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-8333 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat openstack
1 Openstack nova
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2014-8333.

URL Resource
http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-October/000298.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0843.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0844.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60531 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1359138 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2014-8333 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-8333 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Apr. 22, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1359138 Issue Tracking https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1359138 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2014.1.3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2014.1 up to (excluding) 2014.1.4
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 25, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute:2014.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute:2014.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/60531 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/60531 Third Party Advisory, Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1359138 No Types Assigned https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1359138 Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0844.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0844.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0843.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0843.html Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 30, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0843.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0844.html
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 03, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-8333 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-8333 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.32 }} 0.00%

score

0.65908

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
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Authentication
Confidentiality
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