CVE-2013-4202: canonical ubuntu_linux Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2013-4202 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 16-09-2013PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The (1) backup (api/contrib/backups.py) and (2) volume transfer (contrib/volume_transfer.py) APIs in OpenStack Cinder Grizzly 2013.1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and crash) via an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1664.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
2.63%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
85%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.63% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL13.04
Debian1 product
- cinder< 2013.1.2-4
Openstack1 product
- cinder≥ 2013.1, ≤ 2013.1.3
PyPI1 product
- cinder< 7.0.0a0
4 vendors · 4 products
References
10 links- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1198.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHATPatchThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- github.com/openstack/cinderPACKAGE
- pypi.org/project/cinderPACKAGE