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
Published Jun 7, 2012
3.5
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.48%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.48% (0.01480) | 72.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.48% (0.01480) | 70.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 73.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.29% (0.01293) | 86.40th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 1.29% (0.01293) | 85.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.29% (0.01293) | 83.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 77.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 77.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 75.00th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 54.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/079434.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/079551.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49034 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49048 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1438-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.osvdb.org/81641 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/969545 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75243 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hq3f-9gf7-73r8 Advisory
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/1f644d210557b1254f7c7b39424b09a45329ade7 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/8c8735a73afb16d5856f0aa6088e9ae406c52beb x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/a67db4586f70ed881d65e80035b2a25be195ce64 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nova/PYSEC-2012-36.yaml
- https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg10268.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2101
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.