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CVE-2013-4261 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html CVEVendor Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1215091 CVEExploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=999164 CVEExploitPatch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=999271 CVE
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/595 CVEPatch

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
openstack folsom
<= -

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:folsom:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
openstack grizzly
<= -

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:openstack:grizzly:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat openstack
3.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-4261
NVD Published Date:
Oct 29, 2013
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]