Buffer overflow in OpenStack Cinder Folsom
CVE-2013-1664
The XML libraries for Python 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, 2.7, and 2.6, as used in OpenStack Keystone Essex, Folsom, and Grizzly; Compute (Nova) Essex and Folsom; Cinder Folsom; Django; and possibly other products allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and crash) via an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.048 (91.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.049 · newest: 0.048 · change: -0.001
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/4 (mailing-list)
- lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-February/000078.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0658.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/19/2 (mailing-list)
- ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1757-1 (vendor-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0657.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1100282 (Exploit)
- blog.python.org/2013/02/announcing-defusedxml-fixes-for-xml.html
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0670.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugs.python.org/issue17239
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-1664?
- CVE-2013-1664 is a vulnerability in OpenStack Cinder Folsom, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2013-04-03.
- Is CVE-2013-1664 known to be exploited?
- 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.