Description
Openstack Compute (Nova) Folsom, 2012.1, and 2011.3 does not limit the number of security group rules, which allows remote authenticated users with certain permissions to cause a denial of service (CPU and hard drive consumption) via a network request that triggers a large number of iptables rules.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2012-0019 | Openstack Compute (Nova) Folsom, 2012.1, and 2011.3 does not limit the number of security group rules, which allows remote authenticated users with certain permissions to cause a denial of service (CPU and hard drive consumption) via a network request that triggers a large number of iptables rules. |
Github GHSA |
GHSA-hq3f-9gf7-73r8 | Openstack Compute (Nova) Denial of service via network request that triggers large number of iptables rules |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-1438-1 | Nova vulnerability |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T19:26:08.143Z
Reserved: 2012-04-04T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2012-2101
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Status : Modified
Published: 2012-06-07T19:55:08.290
Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040
Link: CVE-2012-2101
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD
Github GHSA
Ubuntu USN