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PYSEC-2026-879

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-06 08:03 - Updated: 2026-07-06 08:03

Details

Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.1.3 and Havana before havana-3 does not properly handle network source security group policy updates, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (nova-network consumption) via a large number of server-creation operations, which triggers a large number of update requests.

Impacted products

Name	purl
nova	pkg:pypi/nova

Aliases

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "nova",
        "purl": "pkg:pypi/nova"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "12.0.0a0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2013-4185",
    "GHSA-ph2h-hh49-vh27"
  ],
  "details": "Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.1.3 and Havana before havana-3 does not properly handle network source security group policy updates, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (nova-network consumption) via a large number of server-creation operations, which triggers a large number of update requests.",
  "id": "PYSEC-2026-879",
  "modified": "2026-07-06T08:03:23.117396Z",
  "published": "2026-07-06T08:03:23.117396Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4185"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1184041"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/52ad911963da4095b213952dee3a430fe0c4c30f"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/85aac04704350566d6b06aa7a3b99649946c672c"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/d4ee081c5c0a5132781235177c430ebcf72b0b0b"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/282"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://pypi.org/project/nova"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ph2h-hh49-vh27"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "OpenStack Nova Denial of Service in network source security groups"
}

CVE-2013-4185 (GCVE-0-2013-4185)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-10-29 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:38

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1184041	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/282	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

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        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T16:38:01.638Z",
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        },
        "references": [
          {
            "tags": [
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              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1184041"
          },
          {
            "name": "RHSA-2013:1199",
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              "x_refsource_REDHAT",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "[oss-secuirty] 20130806 [OSSA 2013-020] Denial of Service in Nova network source security groups (CVE-2013-4185)",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
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          }
        ],
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      }
    ],
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      "affected": [
        {
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          "vendor": "n/a",
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            }
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      ],
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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        "dateUpdated": "2013-10-29T22:00:00.000Z",
        "orgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749",
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      },
      "references": [
        {
          "tags": [
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          "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1184041"
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        {
          "name": "RHSA-2013:1199",
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            "vendor-advisory",
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    "dateReserved": "2013-06-12T00:00:00.000Z",
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  },
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GHSA-PH2H-HH49-VH27

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 01:59 – Updated: 2024-05-14 21:13

Summary

OpenStack Nova Denial of Service in network source security groups

Details

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "nova"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "12.0.0a0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2013-4185"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-05-14T21:13:48Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2013-10-29T22:55:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-ph2h-hh49-vh27",
  "modified": "2024-05-14T21:13:48Z",
  "published": "2022-05-14T01:59:13Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4185"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1184041"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/openstack/nova"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/52ad911963da4095b213952dee3a430fe0c4c30f"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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    },
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    }
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}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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PYSEC-2026-879

CVE-2013-4185 (GCVE-0-2013-4185)

GHSA-PH2H-HH49-VH27

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