CVE-2012-1585: OpenStack Nova Long server names grow nova-api log files significantly

May 14, 2022 (updated May 14, 2024)

OpenStack Compute (Nova) Essex before 2011.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (Nova-API log file and disk consumption) via a long server name.

References

bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/962515
github.com/advisories/GHSA-pjvw-p2v5-wf6q
github.com/openstack/nova
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1585

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