Vulnerability CVE-2013-4261


Published: 2013-10-29   Modified: 2013-10-30

Description:
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and earlier, when using Apache Qpid for the RPC backend, does not properly handle errors that occur during messaging, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection pool consumption), as demonstrated using multiple requests that send long strings to an instance console and retrieving the console log.

Type:

CWE-119

(Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.5/10
2.9/10
6.8/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
Single time
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Redhat -> Openstack 
Openstack -> Folsom 
Openstack -> Grizzly 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=999164
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/595
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=999271
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1215091
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html

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