CVE-2012-3371: Input Validation
First published: Tue Jul 17 2012(Updated: )
The Nova scheduler in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2) and Essex (2012.1), when DifferentHostFilter or SameHostFilter is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (excessive database lookup calls and server hang) via a request with many repeated IDs in the os:scheduler_hints section.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| pip/Nova | <12.0.0a0 | 12.0.0a0 |
| OpenStack Compute | =2012.2 | |
| OpenStack Essex | =2012.1 | |
| OpenStack Folsom | =2012.2 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/11/13
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54388
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1501-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1017795
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/034762e8060dcf0a11cb039b9d426b0d0bb1801d
- https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg14452.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3371
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xxgm-qpj5-4886 (Advisory)
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2012-40.yaml
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