CVE-2013-1838

Description

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.

Category

4.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.43% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg21892.html mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58492 vdb entry
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1125468
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1771-1 vendor advisory
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24453/
http://secunia.com/advisories/52728 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919648
http://secunia.com/advisories/52580 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/91303 vdb entry
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24452/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82877 vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0709.html vendor advisory
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24451/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/14/18 mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-1838?
CVE-2013-1838 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-1838?
To fix CVE-2013-1838, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-1838 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-1838 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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