Openstack Compute (Nova) Denial of service via network request that triggers large number of iptables rules
Openstack Compute (Nova) Folsom, 2012.1, and 2011.3 does not limit the number of security group rules, which allows remote authenticated users with certain permissions to cause a denial of service (CPU and hard drive consumption) via a network request that triggers a large number of iptables rules.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2012-2101US | low3.5 | — | ||
Openstack Compute (Nova) Folsom, 2012.1, and 2011.3 does not limit the number of security group rules, which allows remote authenticated users with certain permissions to cause a d… | ||||
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External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/079434.htmlWEB
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/079551.htmlWEB
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1438-1WEB
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/969545WEB
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75243WEB
- https://github.com/openstack/novaPACKAGE
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/1f644d210557b1254f7c7b39424b09a45329ade7WEB
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/8c8735a73afb16d5856f0aa6088e9ae406c52bebWEB
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