A flaw was found in OpenStack. When a user tries to delete a non-existing access rule in it's scope, it deletes other existing access rules which are not associated with any application credentials.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A flaw was found in OpenStack. When a user tries to delete a non-existing access rule in it's scope, it     deletes other existing access rules which are not associated with any application credentials.
    (CVE-2023-6110)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:2769 advisory.

    python-openstackclient is a unified command-line client for the OpenStack     APIs. It is a thin wrapper to the stock python-*client modules that     implement the actual REST API client actions.

    Security Fix(es):

    * deleting a non existing access rule deletes another existing access rule     in it's scope (CVE-2023-6110)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS     score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE     page listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:2737 advisory.

    python-openstackclient is a unified command-line client for the OpenStack     APIs. It is a thin wrapper to the stock python-*client modules that     implement the actual REST API client actions.

    Security Fix(es):

    * deleting a non existing access rule deletes another existing access rule     in it's scope (CVE-2023-6110)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS     score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE     page listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6668-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that when python-openstackclient attempted to delete a non-existing access rule, it     would delete another existing access rule instead, contrary to expectations.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
227076	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-6110	Nessus	Misc.	medium
197645	RHEL 8 : Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 (python-openstackclient) (RHSA-2024:2769)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
197636	RHEL 9 : Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 (python-openstackclient) (RHSA-2024:2737)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
191101	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : python-openstackclient vulnerability (USN-6668-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium

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