Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 29, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2013-4261
CVE-2013-4261
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
5- seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/595nvdPatch
- bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1215091nvdExploit
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdExploitPatch
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
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