CVE-2013-4179 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2013-4179: The security group extension in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Grizzly 2013.1.3, Havana before havana-3, and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and crash) via an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack. NOTE: this issue is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-16

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2013-4179 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

nova→ fixed in2013.1.3-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nova
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

nova→ fixed in2013.1.3-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nova
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

nova→ fixed in2013.1.3-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y nova
```

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