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title: "CVE-2013-6419\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-6419

Publication date 11 December 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Interaction error in OpenStack Nova and Neutron before Havana 2013.2.1 and
icehouse-1 does not validate the instance ID of the tenant making a
request, which allows remote tenants to obtain sensitive metadata by
spoofing the device ID that is bound to a port, which is not properly
handled by (1) api/metadata/handler.py in Nova and (2) the
neutron-metadata-agent (agent/metadata/agent.py) in Neutron.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6419?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| neutron | 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| nova | 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6419?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

OSSA 2013-033

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

requires updating both nova and neutron. Ubuntu 13.04 and lower do
not have neutron in the archive, so ignoring
requires instance\_id to be exposed to attacker

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| neutron | * Upstream:   <https://review.openstack.org/61442> * Upstream:   <https://review.openstack.org/61439> |
| nova | * Upstream:   <https://review.openstack.org/61435> * Upstream:   <https://review.openstack.org/61428> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6419)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6419)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-6419)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6419)

### Other references

* <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-December/000169.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6419>