Openstack Compute (Nova) Folsom, 2012.1, and 2011.3 does not limit the number of security group rules, which allows remote authenticated users with certain permissions to cause a denial of service (CPU and hard drive consumption) via a network request that triggers a large number of iptables rules.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nova | Openstack | 2011.3 (including) | 2011.3 (including) |
| Nova | Openstack | 2012.1 (including) | 2012.1 (including) |
| Nova | Openstack | folsom (including) | folsom (including) |
| Nova | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Nova | Ubuntu | natty | * |
| Nova | Ubuntu | oneiric | * |
| Nova | Ubuntu | precise | * |
| Nova | Ubuntu | quantal | * |