CVE-2013-4261

N/A Unknown
Published: October 29, 2013 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/595
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Patch
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1215091
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=999164
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit Patch
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/595
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1215091
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=999164
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=999271
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.6%
69th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

redhat openstack