CVE-2014-3708: Nova Denial of Service Vulnerability
MODERATECVE-2014-3708 is a MODERATE denial of service vulnerability (General Security Weakness) affecting Nova libraries in the PyPI ecosystem. The issue involves openstack compute (nova) denial of service vulnerability. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 2014.2.1, 2014.1.4.
CVE-2014-3708 at a Glance
How to Fix CVE-2014-3708
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Nova dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
pip install nova>=2014.2.1pip install nova>=2014.1.4Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
pip show novaHow to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your Python environment is affected by CVE-2014-3708, inspect your installed packages using pip:
pip show novaAnalyze the terminal output to locate any version of Nova in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 2014.2.1), your application is affected.
Note: The pip show nova command checks currently installed packages in your active Python environment.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under General Security Weakness. In Nova, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
CVE-2014-3708 Affected Nova Versions
2 component(s)References
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
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