What is the CVSS score of CVE-2013-4179?

CVE-2013-4179 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (Medium). CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.7%.

Is there a public PoC exploit available for CVE-2013-4179?

Yes, a public proof-of-concept exploit is available for CVE-2013-4179. Prioritise patching immediately. EPSS: 0.7%.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2013-4179?

Yes, a patch is available for CVE-2013-4179. Update the affected software to the latest version immediately.

Havana CVE-2013-4179

MEDIUM

Buffer Overflow (CWE-119)

2013-09-16 secalert@redhat.com

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Havana Compute

4.3

CVSS 2.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

4.3 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Sep 16, 2013 - 19:14 cve.org

MEDIUM 4.3

DescriptionCVE.org

The security group extension in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly 2013.1.3, Havana before havana-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.

AnalysisAI

The security group extension in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly 2013.1.3, Havana before havana-3, and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and crash). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. Public exploit code available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Overflow (CWE-119), which allows attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. The security group extension in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly 2013.1.3, Havana before havana-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. Affected products include: Openstack Havana, Openstack Compute.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checking. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, stack canaries. Use safe string functions.