CVE-2014-0042
OpenStack Heat Templates (heat-templates), as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform...
OpenStack Heat Templates (heat-templates), as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0, sets gpgcheck to 0 for certain templates, which disables GPG signature checking on downloaded packages and allows man-in-the-middle attackers to install arbitrary packages via unspecified vectors.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
4.3
OpenStack Heat Templates (heat-templates), as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0, sets gpgcheck to 0 for certain templates, which disables GPG signature checking on downloaded packages and allows man-in-the-middle attackers to install arbitrary packages via unspecified vectors.
- Record
CVE-2014-0042- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-310
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
OpenStack Heat Templates (heat-templates), as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0, sets gpgcheck to 0 for certain templates, which disables GPG signature checking on downloaded packages and allows man-in-the-middle attackers to install arbitrary packages via unspecified vectors.
- Record
CVE-2014-0042- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-0139 No score
OpenStack Heat Templates (heat-templates), as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0, sets gpgcheck to 0 for certain templates, which disables GPG signature checking on downloaded packages and allows man-in-the-middle attackers to install arbitrary packages via unspecified vectors.
- Record
EUVD-2014-0139- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-59c5-w7cq-xv24 No score
OpenStack Heat Templates (heat-templates), as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform...
OpenStack Heat Templates (heat-templates), as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0, sets gpgcheck to 0 for certain templates, which disables GPG signature checking on downloaded packages and allows man-in-the-middle attackers to install arbitrary packages via unspecified vectors.
- Record
GHSA-59c5-w7cq-xv24- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
openstack-heat-templatesRed Hat:openstack:4::el6 From an advisory covering 3 CVEs |
before 0:0-0.3.20140407git.el6ost | 0:0-0.3.20140407git.el6ost |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2014-0042 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Redhat Openstack, published June 2, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.47%, the 73rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
bugs.launchpad.net/heat-templates/+bug/1267635
github.com/openstack/heat-templates/commit/65a4f8bebc72da71c616e2e378b7b1ac354db1a3
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1059520
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0579.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0042
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0579
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access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0042
github.com/advisories/GHSA-59c5-w7cq-xv24
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1059514
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1059515
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2014/rhsa-2014_0579.json
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0040
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0040
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0040
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0041
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0041
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0041
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0042