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CVE-2014-3708 json

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Denial of Service vulnerability

published 12y ago modified last mo. also GHSA-43hc-pwvx-pmfg , PYSEC-2026-863 , EUVD-2022-2281

cvss
4.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2014.1.4 and 2014.2.x before 2014.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an IP filter in a list active servers API request.

Patch / fix

  • pypi nova 2014.1.4, 2014.2.1
  • openstack nova 2014.1.4, 2014.2.1
  • nova Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2014.1.3-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3708

  • openstack-nova openstack 5 2014.1.4-3.el7ost
  • python-nova openstack 5 2014.1.4-3.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-api openstack 5 2014.1.4-3.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-cert openstack 5 2014.1.4-3.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-cells openstack 5 2014.1.4-3.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-common openstack 5 2014.1.4-3.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-compute openstack 5 2014.1.4-3.el7ost
  • openstack-nova-console openstack 5 2014.1.4-3.el7ost

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:0843RHSA-2015:0844

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2014-3708 updated cvss 4.0

openstack-nova: Nova network denial of service through API filtering

  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 openstack-nova
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 6 python-nova 2014.1.4-3.el6ost, openstack-nova 2014.1.4-3.el6ost, openstack-nova-api 2014.1.4-3.el6ost, openstack-nova-cert 2014.1.4-3.el6ost, openstack-nova-cells 2014.1.4-3.el6ost, openstack-nova-common 2014.1.4-3.el6ost, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0844
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5.0 (Icehouse) for RHEL 7 python-nova 2014.1.4-3.el7ost, openstack-nova 2014.1.4-3.el7ost, openstack-nova-api 2014.1.4-3.el7ost, openstack-nova-cert 2014.1.4-3.el7ost, openstack-nova-cells 2014.1.4-3.el7ost, openstack-nova-common 2014.1.4-3.el7ost, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0843

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Exploit prediction

2.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.launchpad.net https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1358583 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
<2014.1.4
>=2014.2.0, <2014.2.1
2014.1.4
2014.2.1

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

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