| Name | CVE-2013-4261 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| nova (PTS) | jessie | 2014.1.3-11 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 2:14.0.0-4+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster | 2:18.1.0-6 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 2:18.1.0-6+deb10u2 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2:22.0.1-2+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 2:26.1.0-4 | fixed | |
| sid | 2:29.0.1-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nova | source | (unstable) | 2013.2-1 | low |
[wheezy] - nova <no-dsa> (Will be fixed in a point update)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1215091/comments/10 (relevant question for other components)
probably does not affect Essex/2012.1, see https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1215091/comments/6