GitStock

openstack/nova · Security

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Denial of service via a large number of calls to the addFixedIp function

GHSA ID
GHSA-63fq-8fp9-vhwq
CVE ID
CVE-2013-1838
Severity
high
Published
Updated
CVSS
6.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v3
6.5 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4
7.1 · 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

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.

CWEs

  • CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

Open GitHub