TI-2014-03023 Aliases CVE-2014-3708 GHSA-43hc-pwvx-pmfg

OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.4 and 2014.2.x before 2014.2.1 allows remote…

LOW 24CWE-399Published 2014-10-31 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · Partial
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 2 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.4 and 2014.2.x before 2014.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an IP filter in a list active servers API request.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02806 86th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Partial nova (PyPI): 2014.1.4, 2014.2.1Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 2 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
—	nova (PyPI)	before 2014.1.4	2014.1.4	Patch available	GHSA-43hc-pwvx-pmfg
—	nova (PyPI)	2014.2.0 to before 2014.2.1	2014.2.1	Patch available	GHSA-43hc-pwvx-pmfg

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
nova (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 2014.1.4 Fixed in 2014.1.4 Patch available GHSA-43hc-pwvx-pmfg
nova (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 2014.2.0 to before 2014.2.1 Fixed in 2014.2.1 Patch available GHSA-43hc-pwvx-pmfg

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova::::::::	2014.1 to before 2014.1.4; 2014.2 to before 2014.2.1	Vulnerable	OpenStack
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:5.0:::::::*	5.0	Vulnerable	Red Hat

cpe:2.3:a:openstack:nova:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2014.1 to before 2014.1.4; 2014.2 to before 2014.2.1 Vulnerable ·OpenStack
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.0 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-43hc-pwvx-pmfg nova (PyPI) Fixed in 2014.1.4 Advisory →
Fix · GHSA-43hc-pwvx-pmfg nova (PyPI) Fixed in 2014.2.1 Advisory →

Red Hat 2 advisories

RHSA-2015:0843 Released 2015-04-16 · Red Hat rating Important
openstack-nova security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 openstack-nova-2014.1.4-3.el7ost, openstack-nova-api-2014.1.4-3.el7ost, openstack-nova-cells-2014.1.4-3.el7ost +12
RHSA-2015:0844 Released 2015-04-16 · Red Hat rating Important
openstack-nova security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 openstack-nova-2014.1.4-3.el6ost, openstack-nova-api-2014.1.4-3.el6ost, openstack-nova-cells-2014.1.4-3.el6ost +12

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 planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6	Fixed	RHSA-2015:0844
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7	Fixed	RHSA-2015:0843

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-3708
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-43hc-pwvx-pmfg

References

Exploit 1

https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1358583

Patch 1

[openstack-announce] 20141028 [OSSA 2014-038] Nova network DoS through API filtering (CVE-2014-3708)

Advisory 3

Other 6

Sources

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