# 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

- Also known as: GHSA-63FQ-8FP9-VHWQ, PYSEC-2013-44
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 12.0.0a0
- Published: 2013-03-22 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- nova (PyPI): fixed in 12.0.0a0

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, nova, upgrade to a fixed version (12.0.0a0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg21892.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58492
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1125468
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1771-1
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24453/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52728
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919648
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52580
- http://osvdb.org/91303
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24452/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82877
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0709.html
- https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24451/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/14/18

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