Unscored severity · published Oct 29, 2013
CVE-2013-4185
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.1.3 and Havana before havana-3 does not properly handle network source security group policy updates,…
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CVSS
2.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.1.3 and Havana before havana-3 does not properly handle network source security group policy updates, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (nova-network consumption) via a large number of server-creation operations, which triggers a large number of update requests.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.1% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
Compute · Openstack
2013.1 before 2013.1.3; 2013.2 before 2013.2.3 · source: NVD
OP
Openstack · Redhat
3.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4185
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4185
Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html
Patch
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/282
Exploit
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1184041
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