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OpenStack Compute (Nova) Denial of service via a large number of calls to the addFixedIp function
GHSA-63fq-8fp9-vhwq · CVE-2013-1838 · PYSEC-2013-44
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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.
References
- ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1838
- WEB https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/9561484166f245d0e4602a36351d6cac72dd9426
- WEB https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/99429214d4ddb5bdc7de185693b8a53ad50df3c6
- WEB https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/efaacdaee116388234558e2682b647d41fe5b149
- WEB https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1125468
- WEB https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919648
- WEB https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82877
- PACKAGE https://github.com/openstack/nova
- WEB https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2013-44.yaml
- WEB https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg21892.html
- WEB https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24451
- WEB https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24452
- WEB https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24453
- WEB http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0709.html
- WEB http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1771-1
- WEB http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/14/18
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