CVE-2013-4179
mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.027 · 86 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The security group extension in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly 2013.1.3, Havana before havana-3, and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and crash) via an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1664.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.7–4.3
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affected products (5)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-j6xh-q826-55jwOpenStack Compute (Nova) vulnerable to denial of service via XML Entity Expansion attack2022-05-17ghsa · osvUS
The security group extension in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly 2013.1.3, Havana before havana-3, and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and crash) via an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1664.
- PYSEC-2026-875OpenStack Compute (Nova) vulnerable to denial of service via XML Entity Expansion attack2026-07-06vendor · osvUS
The security group extension in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly 2013.1.3, Havana before havana-3, and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and crash) via an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1664.
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references (12)
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2005-1cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1199cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4179cnnvd
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1190229cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=989707cnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2005-1enisa_euvd
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