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CVE-2012-3371

The Nova scheduler in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2) and Essex (2012.1), when DifferentHostFilter or SameHostF

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.

LOW · CVSS 3.5 EPSS 0.00881
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-20Improper Input Validation
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Affected Products & Versions

3
openstack computeall versions
openstack essexall versions
openstack folsomall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
PyPI nova LOW fixed in 12.0.0a0
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
pocbugs.launchpad.net · 1017795bugs.launchpad.net
pocgithub.com · 034762e8060dcf0a11cb039b9d426b0d0bb1801dgithub.com
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Scoring & Timeline

3.5
LOW · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD17 Jul 2012 · 09:55 PM
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Vendor Advisories

1
usnUSN-1501-1
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/07/11/13
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54388
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1501-1
https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg14452.html
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