CVE-2013-1838
Description
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Folsom (2012.2), and Essex (2012.1) does not properly implement a quota for fixed IPs, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion and failure to spawn new instances) via a large number of calls to the addFixedIp function.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Ubuntu Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 12.10 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
| 11.10 | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2012.1.1-15 |
| sid | Fixed | 2012.1.1-15 |
| forky | Fixed | 2012.1.1-15 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2012.1.1-15 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2012.1.1-15 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | nova | <12.0.0a0 | 12.0.0a0 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1838
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/9561484166f245d0e4602a36351d6cac72dd9426
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/99429214d4ddb5bdc7de185693b8a53ad50df3c6
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/efaacdaee116388234558e2682b647d41fe5b149
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1125468
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919648
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82877
- https://github.com/openstack/nova
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2013-44.yaml
- https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg21892.html
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24451
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24452
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24453
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0709.html
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1771-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/14/18
- http://osvdb.org/91303
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52580
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52728
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58492
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24451/
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24452/
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24453/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1838
CWEs
CWE-399
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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