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CVE-2013-1838: canonical ubuntu_linux Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 4.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-63fq-8fp9-vhwqPYSEC-2013-44DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1838
Published 22-03-2013Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-1838 is a medium (CVSS 4.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
17/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.74%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2013:0709

Timeline

  1. 22-03-2013
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Folsom (2012.2), and Essex (2012.1) does not properly implement a quota for fixed IPs, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion and failure to spawn new instances) via a large number of calls to the addFixedIp function.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.74%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.74% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.74%

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

Openstack3 products
Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • nova< 2012.1.1-15
PyPI1 product
  • nova< 12.0.0a0

4 vendors · 6 products

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