Vulnerability in nova (CVE-2014-3608)

Summary

vulnerability in nova (CVE-2014-3608). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `2014.1.3` or later.

AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2

A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2014-3608** has been found in nova. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10. What to do: upgrade nova to **2014.1.3** or later. If unsure, ask your IT team or search "nova CVE-2014-3608" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2014-3608 (nova) — Patched: `2014.1.3` — apply immediately Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs. Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

**A vulnerability** (unclassified) exists in nova.

📍 Affected scope

nova — .

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure

🔧 How to fix

Update to **2014.1.3**.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'nova' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response Actions (7 steps)

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'nova' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `nova` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
6
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade nova to 2014.1.3
```
ステージング環境で 2014.1.3 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
7
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

PyPI nova

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2014.1.3"}]}]

References

advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3608
advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1781.html
advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1782.html
advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70220
advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-92hc-c226-32q7
package https://opendev.org/openstack/nova
package https://pypi.org/project/nova
report https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1338830
web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1781
web https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1782
web https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3608
web https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1148253
web https://web.archive.org/web/20200228053850/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70220
web http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q4/65