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CVE-2012-1585 json

OpenStack Nova Long server names grow nova-api log files significantly

published 2012-08-17 14 y ago modified 2026-07-07 4 mo ago also GHSA-pjvw-p2v5-wf6q , PYSEC-2026-880 , EUVD-2022-4791

cvss
4.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Essex before 2011.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (Nova-API log file and disk consumption) via a long server name.

Patch / fix

  • pypi nova 12.0.0a0
  • openstack nova 2011.3
  • nova Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2012-1~rc3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1585

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-1585 updated cvss 4.0

openstack-nova: Long server names grow nova-api log files significantly

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.launchpad.net https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/962515 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi nova
<12.0.0a0
12.0.0a0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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