CVE-2013-4202

Medium

Description

The (1) backup (api/contrib/backups.py) and (2) volume transfer (contrib/volume_transfer.py) APIs in OpenStack Cinder Grizzly 2013.1.3 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 Cinder
PublishedSep 16, 2013
First seenSep 16, 2013

How to fix

Update
  • cinder7.0.0a0 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
openstack cinder2013.1 ≤ v ≤ 2013.1.3—
canonical ubuntu_linux13.04—
cinderPyPIv < 7.0.0a07.0.0a0

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