Vulnerability record · CVE-2013-4202 · published 16 September 2013
CVE-2013-4202: Openstack cinder vulnerability
Openstack · Cinder
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.
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products
2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1198.html | PatchThird Party Advisory |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2005-1 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1190229 | Third Party Advisory |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1198.html | PatchThird Party Advisory |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2005-1 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/ossa/+bug/1190229 | Third Party Advisory |
Track CVE-2013-4202 inside VULONE
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Related vulnerabilities
Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2013-4202), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.