VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-2101
Openstack Compute (Nova) Folsom, 2012.1, and 2011.3 does not limit the number of security group rules, which allows remote authenticated users with certain permissions to cause a denial of service (CPU and hard drive consumption) via a network request…
LOW 3.5EPSS 1.48%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Openstack Compute (Nova) Folsom, 2012.1, and 2011.3 does not limit the number of security group rules, which allows remote authenticated users with certain permissions to cause a denial of service (CPU and hard drive consumption) via a network request that triggers a large number of iptables rules.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 LOWAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.48% probability · 72th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- openstack/nova
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/079434.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/079551.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49034Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49048Vendor Advisory
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1438-1
- http://www.osvdb.org/81641
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/969545
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75243
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/1f644d210557b1254f7c7b39424b09a45329ade7
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/8c8735a73afb16d5856f0aa6088e9ae406c52beb
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/a67db4586f70ed881d65e80035b2a25be195ce64
- https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg10268.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/079434.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/079551.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49034Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49048Vendor Advisory
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1438-1
- http://www.osvdb.org/81641
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/969545
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75243
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/1f644d210557b1254f7c7b39424b09a45329ade7
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/8c8735a73afb16d5856f0aa6088e9ae406c52beb
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/a67db4586f70ed881d65e80035b2a25be195ce64
- https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg10268.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.