CVE-2012-1585
OpenStack Nova Long server names grow nova-api log files significantly
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Essex before 2011.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (Nova-API log file and disk consumption) via a long server name.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Essex before 2011.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (Nova-API log file and disk consumption) via a long server name.
- Record
CVE-2012-1585- CVSS 2.0
- 4.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-399
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Essex before 2011.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (Nova-API log file and disk consumption) via a long server name.
- Record
CVE-2012-1585- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-4791 No score
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Essex before 2011.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (Nova-API log file and disk consumption) via a long server name.
- Record
EUVD-2022-4791- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pjvw-p2v5-wf6q No score
OpenStack Nova Long server names grow nova-api log files significantly
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Essex before 2011.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (Nova-API log file and disk consumption) via a long server name.
- Record
GHSA-pjvw-p2v5-wf6q- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Essex before 2011.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (Nova-API log file and disk consumption) via a long server name.
- Record
CVE-2012-1585- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2012-1585 No score
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Essex before 2011.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (Nova-API log file and disk consumption) via a long server name.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1585- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-pjvw-p2v5-wf6q No score
OpenStack Nova Long server names grow nova-api log files significantly
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Essex before 2011.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (Nova-API log file and disk consumption) via a long server name.
- Record
GHSA-pjvw-p2v5-wf6q- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVPYSEC-2026-880 No score
OpenStack Nova Long server names grow nova-api log files significantly
OpenStack Compute (Nova) Essex before 2011.3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (Nova-API log file and disk consumption) via a long server name.
- Record
PYSEC-2026-880- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2012-1585 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.0) in Openstack Nova, published August 17, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.09%, the 81st percentile. Fixed in nova 12.0.0a0.
References
osdir.com/ml/openstack-cloud-computing/2012-03/msg01133.html
bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/962515
lwn.net/Alerts/491298
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1585
github.com/openstack/nova/commit/0fa7d12dbfb7ae016657dd91034b4c0781ea43de