CVE-2013-4185 (GCVE-0-2013-4185)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-10-29 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:38
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
3 references
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|---|---|
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1184041 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/282 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
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