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CVE-2014-3801
Information Disclosure in openstack-heat (CVE-2014-3801)
Summary
vulnerability in openstack-heat (CVE-2014-3801). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `5.0.0a0` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2014-3801** has been found in openstack-heat.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: upgrade openstack-heat to **5.0.0a0** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "openstack-heat CVE-2014-3801" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2014-3801 (openstack-heat) — CWE-200 /
Patched: `5.0.0a0` — 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
**information disclosure** (CWE-200) exists in openstack-heat.
📍 Affected scope
openstack-heat — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to **5.0.0a0**.
🛡️ 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 'openstack-heat' .` 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
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'openstack-heat' . | 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 `openstack-heat` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade openstack-heat to 5.0.0a0ステージング環境で 5.0.0a0 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。
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7Post-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
openstack-heat
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.0.0a0"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3801
- advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1687.html
- advisory http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2249-1
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-86qj-4h55-fvpw
- package https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/heat
- package https://pypi.org/project/openstack-heat
- web https://bugs.launchpad.net/heat/+bug/1311223
- web https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/heat/commit/?id=03dd894de4ad905dc170e358fad27d9c8ed62a73
- web https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/heat/commit/?id=7e114a38712da8947ee7ad93eabda34f5e4aa65a
- web https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/heat/commit/?id=a02ff20509171346d2a1d2a9df7c81aada134c52
- web https://web.archive.org/web/20200229061233/https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67505
- web http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/20/1
- web http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/20/6
- web http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67505