CVE-2013-4179

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

4.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.49%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html patch vendor advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1190229 exploit
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2005-1 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-4179?
CVE-2013-4179 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-4179?
To fix CVE-2013-4179, 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-2013-4179 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-4179 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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