CVE-2013-4261

Low

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.

SeverityLow
CVSS3.5
Exploit probability—
ProductOpenstack Folsom
PublishedOct 29, 2013
First seenOct 29, 2013

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
openstack folsomv ≤ -—
openstack grizzlyv ≤ -—
redhat openstack3.0—

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