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CVE-2013-1838

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Folsom (2012.2), and Essex (2012.1) does not properly implement a quota for fixed IPs, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion and failure to spawn new instances) via a large number of calls to the addFixedIp function.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2013-1838 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 4 products from openstack, from openstack, from openstack and 1 other, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2013, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2013-03-22T21:55:01.453

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-399

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	openstack	essex	2012.1	Yes
Application	openstack	folsom	2012.2	Yes
Application	openstack	grizzly	2012.2	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	11.10	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.10	Yes

References

http://osvdb.org/91303 ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0709.html ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/52580 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/52728 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1771-1 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/14/18 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58492 ([email protected])
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1125468 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919648 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82877 ([email protected])
https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg21892.html ([email protected])
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24451/ ([email protected])
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24452/ ([email protected])
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24453/ ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/91303 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0709.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/52580 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/52728 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1771-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/14/18 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58492 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1125468 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919648 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82877 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg21892.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24451/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24452/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24453/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For openstack's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.