OpenStack Cinder Denial of Service using XML entities

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2013-4202 · GHSA-mfg4-9xf4-f45q · PYSEC-2026-790 · Published 16/09/2013 · updated 16/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
cinder PyPI	`< 7.0.0a0`	`7.0.0a0`
cinder openstack	`≥ 2013.1, ≤ 2013.1.3`	No fix yet

Description

The (1) backup (api/contrib/backups.py) and (2) volume transfer (contrib/volume_transfer.py) APIs in OpenStack Cinder Grizzly 2013.1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and crash) via an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-1664.

NVD description

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4202 · ADVISORY
bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1190229 · WEB
openstack/cinder · PACKAGE
openstack/cinder commit 2023eec · WEB
openstack/cinder commit 4ad95db · WEB
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1198.html · WEB
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2005-1 · WEB
pypi.org/project/cinder · PACKAGE
GitHub Advisory GHSA-mfg4-9xf4-f45q · ADVISORY

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