| 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) | bullseye | 2:22.0.1-2+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2:22.4.0-1~deb11u5 | fixed | |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 2:26.2.2-1~deb12u3 | fixed | |
| trixie | 2:30.0.0-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 2:30.0.0-3 | 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