CVE-2013-1838

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-1838
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-03-22 21:55:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-29 01:33:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-399

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
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 Essex 2012.1 All All All
Application Openstack Folsom 2012.2 All All All
Application Openstack Folsom 2012.2 All All All
Application Openstack Grizzly 2012.2 All All All
Application Openstack Grizzly 2012.2 All All All

References

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