CVE-2013-4185
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2013.1.2-3 |
| sid | Fixed | 2013.1.2-3 |
| forky | Fixed | 2013.1.2-3 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2013.1.2-3 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2013.1.2-3 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | nova | <12.0.0a0 | 12.0.0a0 |
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/282
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1184041
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4185
- https://github.com/openstack/nova
- http://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/52ad911963da4095b213952dee3a430fe0c4c30f
- http://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/85aac04704350566d6b06aa7a3b99649946c672c
- http://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/d4ee081c5c0a5132781235177c430ebcf72b0b0b
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4185
CWEs
CWE-310
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.