Vulnerability Details : CVE-2013-4179
Potential exploit
The security group extension in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly 2013.1.3, Havana before havana-3, and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and crash) via an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1664.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2013-4179
- cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute:2013.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:openstack:havana:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:openstack:havana:havana-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4179
0.49%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 63 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2013-4179
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4.3
|
MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
8.6
|
2.9
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2013-4179
-
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2013-4179
-
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2005-1
USN-2005-1: Cinder vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices
-
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1190229
Bug #1190229 “[OSSA 2013-023] Potential unsafe XML usage (CVE-20...” : Bugs : OpenStack Security AdvisoryExploit
-
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html
RHSA-2013:1199 - Security Advisory - Red Hat Customer PortalPatch;Vendor Advisory
Jump to