CVE-2013-1838
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Folsom (2012.2), and Essex (2012.1) does not properly implement a quota for fixed IPs, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion and failure to spawn new instances) via a…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.74%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Folsom (2012.2), and Essex (2012.1) does not properly implement a quota for fixed IPs, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion and failure to spawn new instances) via a large number of calls to the addFixedIp function.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.74% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- openstack/essex · openstack/folsom · openstack/grizzly · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://osvdb.org/91303
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0709.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52580Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52728Vendor Advisory
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1771-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/14/18
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58492
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1125468
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919648
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82877
- https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg21892.html
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24451/
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24452/
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24453/
- http://osvdb.org/91303
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0709.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52580Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52728Vendor Advisory
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1771-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/14/18
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58492
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1125468
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919648
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82877
- https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg21892.html
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24451/
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24452/
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24453/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.