CVE-2013-4261
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and earlier, when using Apache Qpid for the RPC backend, does not properly handle errors that occur during messaging, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection pool consumption), as…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.74%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and earlier, when using Apache Qpid for the RPC backend, does not properly handle errors that occur during messaging, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection pool consumption), as demonstrated using multiple requests that send long strings to an instance console and retrieving the console log.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.5 LOWAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.74% probability · 76th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- openstack/folsom · openstack/grizzly · redhat/openstack
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/595Patch
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1215091Exploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=999164Exploit, Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=999271
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/595Patch
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1215091Exploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=999164Exploit, Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=999271
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.