CVE-2012-3371
OpenStack Compute Folsom/Essex (2012.2/2012.1) - DoS via Scheduler Hints
Title source: llmDescription
The Nova scheduler in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2) and Essex (2012.1), when DifferentHostFilter or SameHostFilter is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (excessive database lookup calls and server hang) via a request with many repeated IDs in the os:scheduler_hints section.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54388
Various Sources mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg14452.html
Exploit x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1017795
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/11/13
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1501-1
Exploit, Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/034762e8060dcf0a11cb039b9d426b0d0bb1801d
Scores
EPSS
0.0088
EPSS Percentile
75.6%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (4)
openstack/compute
2012.2
openstack/essex
2012.1
openstack/folsom
2012.2
pypi/Nova
0 - 12.0.0a0PyPI
Published
Jul 17, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026