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.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAccess VectorNetwork
AC:LAccess ComplexityLow
Au:SAuthenticationSingle
Impact
C:NConfidentialityNone
I:NIntegrityNone
A:PAvailabilityPartial
Weaknesses
Affected Products
openstack
oss-project·USaka openstack foundation
canonical
commercial·GBaka canonical ltd.
PyPI
package-ecosystem
and 1 more affected products View all →
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
References
http://osvdb.org/91303
osvdb.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0709.html
rhn.redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/52580
secunia.com
and 20 more references View all →
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