Openstack Nova 2011.3/2012.1/Folsom iptables access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Openstack Nova 2011.3/2012.1/Folsom. This impacts an unknown function of the component iptables. Executing a manipulation can lead to access control. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-2101. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Openstack Nova 2011.3/2012.1/Folsom (Cloud Software) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component iptables. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was released 06/07/2012 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at lists.launchpad.net. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-2101 since 04/04/2012. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 58959 (Fedora 17 : openstack-nova-2012.1-2.fc17 (2012-6273)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (75243), Tenable (58959), SecurityFocus (BID 53297†), OSVDB (81641†) and Secunia (SA49034†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 58959
Nessus Name: Fedora 17 : openstack-nova-2012.1-2.fc17 (2012-6273)
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OpenVAS ID: 864557
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for openstack-nova FEDORA-2012-10418
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Patch: github.com

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04/30/2012 +26 days 🔍
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06/07/2012 +36 days 🔍
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06/19/2012 +12 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1007 days 🔍
12/03/2021 +2447 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: openstack.org
Product: github.com

Advisory: usn-1438-1
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-2101 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-2101
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-60916

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X-Force: 75243
SecurityFocus: 53297 - OpenStack Compute (Nova) CVE-2012-2101 Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 49034 - OpenStack Compute (Nova) iptables Resource Exhaustion Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 81641
Vulnerability Center: 35378 - Openstack Compute (Nova) Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability via a Network Request, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/03/2021 14:53
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (62), 04/13/2017 20:58 (13), 12/03/2021 14:49 (4), 12/03/2021 14:52 (1), 12/03/2021 14:53 (1)
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