CVE-2013-4261 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service in OpenStack Compute by exhausting connection pools when using Apache Qpid RPC backend.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-4261?
CVE-2013-4261 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Openstack, published on 29 Oct 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4261?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Openstack Folsom, Openstack Grizzly, Redhat Openstack.
How do I fix CVE-2013-4261?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2013-4261 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4261 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Openstack
- CVE-2013-2161 OpenStack Swift Unchecked user input in XML responses
- CVE-2013-4497 OpenStack Compute Nova Improper Access Control
- CVE-2013-1665 XML External Entity (XXE) in Django
- CVE-2012-3447 Arbitrary file overwrite in OpenStack Nova
- CVE-2012-5625 OpenStack Nova Information leak in libvirt LVM-backed instances
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4261, GHSA-6h2f-6j38-qxpp.