CVE-2013-1838
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Denial of service via a large number of calls to the addFixedIp function
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.4%
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.
How to fix CVE-2013-1838
To remediate CVE-2013-1838, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2012.1.1-15 or later
- —upgrade to 12.0.0a0 or later
- —upgrade to 12.0.0a0 or later
Is CVE-2013-1838 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2012.1.1-15
- from 0, < 12.0.0a0
- from 0, < 12.0.0a0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | 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 |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |