Denial of Service Vulnerability in OpenStack Nova Scheduler
CVE-2012-3371

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Openstack
Status
Compute
Essex
Folsom
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 July 2012

Summary

The Nova scheduler in OpenStack Compute is susceptible to a denial of service attack when specific filters are applied. This vulnerability allows remote authenticated users to exploit the system by sending requests containing numerous repeated IDs in the os:scheduler_hints section, resulting in excessive database lookup calls and potential server hang, impacting the overall performance of the system.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54388
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https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg14452.html
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1017795
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Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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