CVE-2012-3371
lowpriority · track · 15EPSS 0.019 · 79 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The Nova scheduler in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2) and Essex (2012.1), when DifferentHostFilter or SameHostFilter is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (excessive database lookup calls and server hang) via a request with many repeated IDs in the os:scheduler_hints section.
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affected products (6)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-xxgm-qpj5-4886OpenStack Nova Scheduler denial of service through scheduler_hints2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
The Nova scheduler in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2) and Essex (2012.1), when DifferentHostFilter or SameHostFilter is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (excessive database lookup calls and server hang) via a request with many repeated IDs in the os:scheduler_hints section.
- PYSEC-2012-402012-07-17vendor · osvUS
The Nova scheduler in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2) and Essex (2012.1), when DifferentHostFilter or SameHostFilter is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (excessive database lookup calls and server hang) via a request with many repeated IDs in the os:scheduler_hints section.
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references (21)
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/49816cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49902cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/11/13cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54388cnnvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1501-1cnnvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1501-1/Patchcnnvd
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1017795cnnvd
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/034762e8060dcf0a11cb039b9d426b0d0bb1801dcnnvd
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