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CVE-2012-3371

Published: Jul 17, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-20
3.5LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.8%
Top 23.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The Nova scheduler in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom (2012.2) and Essex (2012.1), when DifferentHostFilter or SameHostFilter is enabled, allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (excessive database lookup calls and server hang) via a request with many repeated IDs in the os:scheduler_hints section.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:SC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:SAuthentication
Single
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected Products

openstack
oss-project·USaka openstack foundation
computeMixedWeb App
Cloud & SaaS / cloud-platform
essexOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / cloud-platform
folsomOn-prem
Cloud & SaaS / cloud-platform
PyPI
package-ecosystem
Nova
OSS Libraries
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Scannable·OpenVAS
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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Initial Access
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References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54388
securityfocus.com
https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg14452.html
lists.launchpad.net
https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1017795
bugs.launchpad.net
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