OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and earlier, when using Apache Qpid for the RPC backend, does not properly handle errors that occur during messaging, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (connection pool consumption), as demonstrated using multiple requests that send long strings to an instance console and retrieving the console log.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html | Vendor Advisory |
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/595 | Patch |
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1215091 | Exploit |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=999164 | Exploit Patch |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=999271 |
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Information
Published : 2013-10-29 22:55
Updated : 2024-02-28 12:00
NVD link : CVE-2013-4261
Mitre link : CVE-2013-4261
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2013-4261
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Products Affected
openstack
- folsom
- grizzly
redhat
- openstack
CWE
CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer