Resource Management Errors Affecting nova package, versions <2012.1.1-15
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- published 22 Mar 2013
- disclosed 22 Mar 2013
Introduced: 22 Mar 2013
CVE-2013-1838 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable
nova
to version 2012.1.1-15 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nova
package and not the nova
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:unstable
relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1838
- http://osvdb.org/91303
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1125468
- https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg21892.html
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24451/
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24452/
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24453/
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1771-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/14/18
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919648
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0709.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52580
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52728
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58492
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-1838
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82877