CVE-2013-4768 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Eucalyptus cloud components via network connection cleanup flaws.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2013-4768?

CVE-2013-4768 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Apr 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The web services APIs in Eucalyptus 2.0 through 3.4.1 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors related to the "network connection clean up code" and (1) Cloud Controller (CLC), (2) Walrus, (3) Storage Controller (SC), and (4) VMware Broker (VB).

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4768?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Eucalyptus Eucalyptus.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4768?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-4768 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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-2013-4768 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4768 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xqjg-324c-5xg7.

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