CVE-2013-1838: n/a vulnerability

CVE-2013-1838: OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Folsom (2012.2), and Essex (2012.1) does not properly implement a quota f...

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly, Folsom (2012.2), and Essex (2012.1) does not properly implement a quota for fixed IPs, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion and failure to spawn new instances) via a large number of calls to the addFixedIp function.

UnknownCVSS not scoredNot KEV-listedUpdatedAug 6, 2024, 15:13 UTC (UTC+00:00)

Security readout for executives and security teams

An authenticated OpenStack user could consume available fixed IPs in Nova by repeatedly requesting fixed IP additions. Once exhausted, other users may be unable to launch instances. The supplied sources describe an availability issue, not data theft or privilege escalation. Exposure is mainly legacy OpenStack deployments running Nova Grizzly, Folsom, or Essex with fixed-IP networking and authenticated tenant/API access. Modern or patched Nova deployments are not shown as affected in the supplied sources. Prioritize if the organization still operates legacy OpenStack Nova. The business risk is cloud service disruption: tenants may be unable to provision instances. If no affected Nova versions remain, residual urgency is low. Mitigation focus: Apply vendor fixes from OpenStack, Ubuntu, or Red Hat advisories where applicable.; Upgrade unsupported Nova releases to maintained versions if still in use.; Review tenant quota enforcement for fixed IP allocation behavior..

Prepared: Jun 24, 2026, 11:46 UTC (UTC+00:00)

Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.

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Severity: Unknown
CVSS: Not scored
Known Exploited: No
Published: Mar 22, 2013, 21:00 UTC (UTC+00:00)

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[openstack] 20130314 [OSSA 2013-008] Nova DoS by allocating all Fixed IPs (CVE-2013-1838)CVE reference · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1125468CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/24453/CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919648CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
nova-fixedips-dos(82877)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF

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