Nova could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.
Joshua Harlow discovered that Nova would allow XML entity processing. A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this using the Nova API to cause a denial of service via resource exhaustion. (CVE-2013-1664)
21 February 2013
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Nova could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.
Joshua Harlow discovered that Nova would allow XML entity processing. A remote unauthenticated attacker could exploit this using the Nova API to cause a denial of service via resource exhaustion. (CVE-2013-1664)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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