CVE-2013-4202

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.

How to fix CVE-2013-4202

To remediate CVE-2013-4202, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• PyPI/cinder—upgrade to 7.0.0a0 or later
• PyPI/cinder—upgrade to 7.0.0a0 or later

Is CVE-2013-4202 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 2.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (2)

• from 0, < 7.0.0a0
• from 0, < 7.0.0a0

References (9)

• ADVISORYgithub.com/advisories/GHSA-mfg4-9xf4-f45q
• ADVISORYnvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4202
• PATCHgithub.com/openstack/cinder
• PATCHpypi.org/project/cinder
• WEB