Is CVE-2013-4278 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2013-4278 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2013-4278?

CVE-2013-4278 has a CVSS v2 base score of 3.5 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2013-4278?

CVE-2013-4278 has an EPSS score of 1.50% (71th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4278?

Upgrade nova on debian 11 to 2013.1.3-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2013-4278

LOWEPSS 71th pctl

3.5

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The "create an instance" API in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and Havana does not properly enforce the os-flavor-access:is_public property, which allows remote authenticated users to boot arbitrary flavors by guessing the flavor id. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-2256.

CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

How to fix

Remediation Available

novaDebian

Fixed in:2013.1.3-1CVE-2013-4278

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.50%probability of exploitation in 30 days

71stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 71% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

lists.openstack.org

Vendor Advisory1

rhn.redhat.com

Other references1

bugs.launchpad.net

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-264 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2012-1456	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1459	Medium	4.3	100%	-	Fix
CVE-2012-1446	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1443	Medium	4.3	100%	-	-
CVE-2012-1442	Medium	4.3	99%	-	-
CVE-2012-1457	Medium	4.3	98%	-	Fix

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