CVE-2012-3371 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Nova scheduler of OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom and Essex. Authenticated attackers can exploit this by submitting requests with numerous repeated IDs in the os:scheduler_hints section, leading to excessive database lookups and a server hang. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.5, indicating a low severity, with an attack vector of network, medium complexity, requiring authentication, and resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2012.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute:2012.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2012.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:essex:2012.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2012.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:folsom:2012.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
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