Red Hat OpenStack -/3.0 Backend memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Red Hat OpenStack -/3.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Backend. This manipulation causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-4261. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat OpenStack -/3.0 (Cloud Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Backend. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was shared 10/29/2013 with Red Hat as Bug 999164 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-4261 since 06/12/2013. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/10/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69785 (Fedora 19 : openstack-nova-2013.1.3-2.fc19 (2013-15373)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 195895 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Nova Vulnerabilities (USN-2000-1)).

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 (86920), Tenable (69785), SecurityFocus (BID 62200†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-41572†). The entries VDB-65388, VDB-64946, VDB-64936 and VDB-64935 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 69785
Nessus Name: Fedora 19 : openstack-nova-2013.1.3-2.fc19 (2013-15373)
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OpenVAS ID: 866875
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for openstack-nova FEDORA-2013-15373
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06/12/2013 🔍
09/03/2013 +83 days 🔍
09/05/2013 +2 days 🔍
09/23/2013 +18 days 🔍
10/29/2013 +36 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +511 days 🔍
01/10/2022 +2484 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: Bug 999164
Organization: Red Hat
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-4261 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-4261
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-65389

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X-Force: 86920
SecurityFocus: 62200 - OpenStack Nova CVE-2013-4261 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 41572 - OpenStack Compute (Nova) Using Apache Qpid Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 01/10/2022 06:57
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (68), 05/11/2017 09:01 (6), 01/10/2022 06:57 (3)
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