CVE-2013-1838

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-1838
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-03-22 21:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionOpenStack 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.10 All All All
Application Openstack Essex 2012.1 All All All
Application Openstack Folsom 2012.2 All All All
Application Openstack Grizzly 2012.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
919648 – (CVE-2013-1838) CVE-2013-1838 Openstack Nova: DoS by allocating all Fixed IPs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
OpenStack Nova CVE-2013-1838 Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA52580 - OpenStack Compute (Nova) Fixed IPs Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gerrit Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 review.openstack.org
USN-1771-1: OpenStack Nova vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com
[OSSA 2013-008] Nova DoS by allocating all Fixed IPs (CVE-2013-1838) : Mailing list archive : openstack team in Launchpad af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.launchpad.net
Security Advisory SA52728 - Ubuntu update for nova - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug #1125468 “[OSSA 2013-008] DOS by allocating all fixed ips” : Bugs : OpenStack Compute (nova) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Gerrit Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 review.openstack.org
oss-security - [OSSA 2013-008] Nova DoS by allocating all Fixed IPs (CVE-2013-1838) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
osvdb.org/91303 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Gerrit Code Review af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 review.openstack.org
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