OpenStack Compute (Nova) Denial of service via a large number of calls to the addFixedIp function
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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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2013-1838US | medium4.0 | — | ||
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 o… | ||||
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references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0709.htmlWEB
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1771-1WEB
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/14/18WEB
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1125468WEB
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919648WEB
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82877WEB
- https://github.com/openstack/novaPACKAGE
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/9561484166f245d0e4602a36351d6cac72dd9426WEB
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