CVE-2013-4185

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.

CVSS v2.0 4.0 MEDIUM

4.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html	Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/282	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1184041	Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html	Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/282	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1184041	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2013-10-29 22:55

Updated : 2025-04-11 00:51

NVD link : CVE-2013-4185

Mitre link : CVE-2013-4185

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2013-4185

JSON object : View

Products Affected

openstack

compute

redhat

openstack

CWE

CWE-310

Cryptographic Issues

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