TI-2013-03730 Aliases CVE-2013-4261 GHSA-6h2f-6j38-qxpp

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom, Grizzly, and earlier, when using Apache Qpid for the RPC…

LOW 20CWE-119Published 2013-10-29 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Medium
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · Partial
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01738 77th percentileScored 2026-11-08

Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD

Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:folsom::::::::	up to -	Vulnerable	OpenStack
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:grizzly::::::::	up to -	Vulnerable	OpenStack
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:3.0:::::::*	3.0	Vulnerable	Red Hat

cpe:2.3:a:openstack:folsom:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to - Vulnerable ·OpenStack
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:grizzly:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to - Vulnerable ·OpenStack
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

RHSA-2013:1199 Released 2013-09-03 · Red Hat rating Moderate
openstack-nova security and bug fix update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0 openstack-nova-2013.1.3-3.el6ost, openstack-nova-api-2013.1.3-3.el6ost, openstack-nova-cells-2013.1.3-3.el6ost +10

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4	Affected	No fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 3.0	Fixed	RHSA-2013:1199

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-4261
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6h2f-6j38-qxpp

References

Exploit 2

Sources

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