CVE-2013-4179

Medium

Description

The security group extension in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly 2013.1.3, Havana before havana-3, and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and crash) via an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1664.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductOpenstack Havana
PublishedSep 16, 2013
First seenSep 16, 2013

How to fix

Update
  • nova2013.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
openstack havanav ≤ havana-2, havana-1—
openstack compute2013.1.3—
novaPyPIv < 2013.22013.2

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CVE-2013-4179 · Openstack Havana · Dark Radar