OpenStack: Nova XML entities DoS
Published Sep 16, 2013
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.73%
Description
The security group extension in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly 2013.1.3, Havana before havana-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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6
openstack-nova-0:2013.1.3-3.el6ost
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1199
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4
openstack-nova
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenStack 3 for RHEL 6 | openstack-nova-0:2013.1.3-3.el6ost | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1199 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 | openstack-nova | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
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:N/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 3, 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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | 2.73% (0.02725) | 85.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.70% (0.02703) | 83.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.43% (0.00425) | 60.15th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.54% (0.00537) | 77.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.54% (0.00537) | 76.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.54% (0.00537) | 73.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 70.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 56.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2005-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1199
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4179 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1190229 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=989707 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j6xh-q826-55jw Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4179
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4179
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1199.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2005-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1199 | ||
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4179 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1190229 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=989707 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j6xh-q826-55jw | Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4179 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4179 |
Change history (0)
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