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CVE-2013-4179

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Published: Sep 16, 2013Modified: Apr 29, 2026

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4.3
Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 2.9
Source: NVD

Description

The security group extension in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly 2013.1.3, Havana before havana-3, and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and crash) via an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1664.

Affected (3)

Openstack
2 products
Havana
Compute
Configuration A
2 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Openstack
Havana
Up to havana-2
Havana
Version havana-1
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Compute
Version 2013.1.3

Related CWEs

CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (6)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Exploit
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit

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