Is CVE-2013-6437 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2013-6437 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2013-6437?

CVE-2013-6437 has a CVSS v2 base score of 4.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2013-6437?

CVE-2013-6437 has an EPSS score of 2.02% (79th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2013-6437?

Upgrade nova on debian 11 to 2013.2.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2013-6437

MEDIUMEPSS 79th pctl

4.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

The libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2013.2.2 and icehouse before icehouse-2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by creating and deleting instances with unique os_type settings, which triggers the creation of a new ephemeral disk backing file.

CWE-399Resource Management Errors

How to fix

Remediation Available

novaDebian

Fixed in:2013.2.2CVE-2013-6437

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

2.02%probability of exploitation in 30 days

79thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 79% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

lists.openstack.org

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-399 (Resource Management Errors) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2009-3103	High	10.0	90%	-	-
CVE-2009-0075	High	9.3	85%	-	-
CVE-2005-1790	Low	2.6	83%	-	-
CVE-2010-0806	High	8.8	82%	KEV	-
CVE-2009-2526	High	7.8	82%	-	-
CVE-2015-1868	High	7.8	82%	-	Fix

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