CVE-2013-4261

CVSS V2 Low 3.5 CVSS V3 None

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2013-4261

Assigner
secalert@redhat.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2013-10-29T22:55:02

Last Modified Date
2013-10-30T13:53:17

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-119	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:folsom::::::::	1	OR	-
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:grizzly::::::::	1	OR	-
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:3.0:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
3.5

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
6.8

Impact Score
2.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=999164	Exploit Patch
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1215091	Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=999271
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/595	Patch

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4261
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4261

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 10:40:29				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-01 20:31:49	2013-10-29T22:55Z	2013-10-29T22:55:02	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-01 20:31:49		2013-10-30T13:53:17	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-01 20:31:50		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated