CVE-2013-1838
MEDIUM6.5EPSS 1.4%OpenStack Compute (Nova) Denial of service via a large number of calls to the addFixedIp function
Published: 5/17/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/novafrom 0, < 2012.1.1-15
- PyPI/novafrom 0, < 12.0.0a0
- PyPI/novafrom 0, < 12.0.0a0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (24)
- ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/52580
- ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/52728
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1838
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1838
- PATCHhttps://github.com/openstack/nova
- WEBhttp://osvdb.org/91303
- WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0709.html
- WEBhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1125468
- WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919648
- WEBhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82877
- WEBhttps://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/9561484166f245d0e4602a36351d6cac72dd9426
- WEBhttps://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/99429214d4ddb5bdc7de185693b8a53ad50df3c6
- WEBhttps://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/efaacdaee116388234558e2682b647d41fe5b149
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2013-44.yaml
- WEBhttps://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg21892.html
- WEBhttps://review.openstack.org/#/c/24451
- WEBhttps://review.openstack.org/#/c/24451/
- WEBhttps://review.openstack.org/#/c/24452
- WEBhttps://review.openstack.org/#/c/24452/
- WEBhttps://review.openstack.org/#/c/24453
- WEBhttps://review.openstack.org/#/c/24453/
- WEBhttp://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1771-1
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/14/18
- WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58492