CVE-2013-1664 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the XML libraries in various Python versions (2.6-3.4) and several OpenStack components, including Keystone, Nova, and Cinder. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger resource exhaustion and system crashes through an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, but only resulting in partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:cinder_folsom:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute_\(nova\)_essex:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:compute_\(nova\)_folsom:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:folsom:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openstack:grizzly:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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