# CVE-2014-8750: Race condition in the VMware driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.4 and 2014.2 before 2014.2rc1 allows remote authenticated user

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2014-10-15 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Race condition in the VMware driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.4 and 2014.2 before 2014.2rc1 allows remote authenticated users to access unintended consoles by spawning an instance that triggers the same VNC port to be allocated to two different instances.

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## Related

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## References

- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1357372
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60227
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1689.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1782.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1781.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/14/9
- http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-October/000293.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70182

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