CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-2140
5.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-04-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.5 LOW — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
The libvirt driver in OpenStack Compute (Nova) before 2015.1.4 (kilo) and 12.0.x before 12.0.3 (liberty), when using raw storage and use_cow_images is set to false, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted qcow2 header in an ephemeral or root disk.
Affected configurations
• openstack nova (>= 12.0.0 < 12.0.3)
• openstack nova (>= 2015.1.0 < 2015.1.4)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/08/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84277 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1548450 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-007.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/08/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/84277 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1548450 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.openstack.org/ossa/OSSA-2016-007.html Patch, Vendor Advisory