3.5

CVE-2012-2101: openstack nova

CVSS: 3.5v2.0LowModified
AliasesGHSA-hq3f-9gf7-73r8PYSEC-2012-36DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2101
Published 07-06-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-2101 is a low (CVSS 3.5) vulnerability in openstack nova. EPSS estimates a 1.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
14/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.5/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.46%
0%100%
Low · -0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 07-06-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Openstack Compute (Nova) Folsom, 2012.1, and 2011.3 does not limit the number of security group rules, which allows remote authenticated users with certain permissions to cause a denial of service (CPU and hard drive consumption) via a network request that triggers a large number of iptables rules.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

73%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.02 pp

From 1.48% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.46%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • nova< 2012.1-2
Openstack1 product
  • nova2011.3 | 2012.1 | folsom
PyPI1 product
  • nova< 12.0.0a0 | < 1f644d210557b1254f7c7b39424b09a45329ade7 | All versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

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