CVE-2013-4185

Medium

Description

Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.1.3 and Havana before havana-3 does not properly handle network source security group policy updates, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (nova-network consumption) via a large number of server-creation operations, which triggers a large number of update requests.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.0
Exploit probability—
ProductOpenstack Compute
PublishedOct 29, 2013
First seenOct 29, 2013

How to fix

Update
  • openstack compute2013.1.3, 2013.2.3 or later
  • nova12.0.0a0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
openstack compute2013.1 ≤ v < 2013.1.3, 2013.2 ≤ v < 2013.2.32013.1.3, 2013.2.3
redhat openstack3.0—
novaPyPIv < 12.0.0a012.0.0a0

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